nerving

/ (ˈnɜːvɪŋ) /

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noun

vet science surgical removal of part of a nerve trunk, or the use of chemicals to block the nerve supply, to relieve pain; usually adminstered because of chronic and disabling inflammation

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Words nearby nerving

nerve root, nerves, nerve trunk, Nervi, nervine, nerving, nervosity, nervous, nervous breakdown, nervous exhaustion, nervous Nellie

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How to use nerving in a sentence

For my sake turn again to life and smile, nerving thy heart and trembling hand to do something to comfort other hearts than thine.
Obama: A Story of Resilience||September 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Nerving himself to the effort, he turned his face towards Harton, and walked slowly up the hill.
Julian Home|Dean Frederic W. Farrar
Each man was struggling with himself and nerving himself for what bid fair to be a dreadful conflict.
"Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier|Warren Olney
He was up in a second, dire peril nerving him to desperate effort.
Warrior Gap|Charles King

Nerving himself to the task, he searched for some written word which should make clear the baffling enigma.
The Terms of Surrender|Louis Tracy
He was, I concluded, nerving himself to meet the chances of his position with constancy and fortitude.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851|Various

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