DEFINITION
NERVE:
• (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.
• (n.) A sinew or a tendon.
• (n.) Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control;
constitutional vigor.
• (n.) Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal
danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness;
pluck; resolution.
• (n.) Audacity; assurance.
• (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.
• (n.) One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
• (v. t.) To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as,
fear nerved his arm.