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Nerve
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.
(2):
(n.) Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
(3):
(n.) A sinew or a tendon.
(4):
(n.) One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.
(5):
(n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.
(6):
(n.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
(7):
(n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
(8):
(n.) Audacity; assurance.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Nerve'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/n/nerve.html. 1828.
