Word Study
innervate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb innervate has 2 senses
- innervate(v = verb.possession) Array - supply nerves to (some organ or body part); Array is one way to furnish, provide, render, supply
- innervate(v = verb.change) Array - stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve" is one way to excite, stimulate
Derived form noun innervation2
Sample sentence:
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Sample sentences:
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CIDE DICTIONARY
innervate, v. t. [See Innerve.].
To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
innervate, v.tr. supply (an organ etc.) with nerves.
Derivative
innervation n.
Etymology
IN-(2) + L nervus nerve + -ATE(3)
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