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Definition of nerve verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

nerve

verb
 
/nɜːv/
 
/nɜːrv/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they nerve
 
/nɜːv/
 
/nɜːrv/
he / she / it nerves
 
/nɜːvz/
 
/nɜːrvz/
past simple nerved
 
/nɜːvd/
 
/nɜːrvd/
past participle nerved
 
/nɜːvd/
 
/nɜːrvd/
-ing form nerving
 
/ˈnɜːvɪŋ/
 
/ˈnɜːrvɪŋ/
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  1. nerve yourself for something/to do something to give yourself the courage or strength to do something difficult or unpleasant
    • He nerved himself to ask her out.
    Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘tendon, sinew’): from Latin nervus; related to Greek neuron ‘nerve’ (see neuron).
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