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Meanings of nerving in English

Surgical removal or severing of a nerve.

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        Usage of nerving in English
        1
        The Demonz were circling us slowly now, nerving themselves up to attack.
        Agents of light and darkness
        2
        Wolf-hunter was now in his glory, nerving his muscular frame for battle.
        The Forest King / Wild Hunter of the Adaca
        3
        He had been nerving himself during a long slow silence for that.
        Mary Wollaston
        4
        Diaz, clearly nerving himself to question her orders, suddenly stared at his display.
        Perilous Shield
        5
        He was up in a second, dire peril nerving him to desperate effort.
        Warrior Gap: A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68.
        6
        But for the moment the discovery, instead of nerving him, inflamed his wrath.
        Major Vigoureux
        7
        Hiram sat nerving himself, his distress accentuating the stern strength of his features.
        The Second Generation
        8
        She waited while he trotted forward, nerving himself to face the crowd again.
        Lady Good-for-Nothing: A Man's Portrait of a Woman
        9
        Suddenly he stood still, nerving his spirit to some awful question.
        Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1
        10
        After nerving himself for days to ask permission, he had been refused flatly.
        The Man from the Bitter Roots
        11
        Slowly nerving himself, he finished his descent and walked boldly toward the kitchen.
        The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
        12
        She was nerving herself up for either fight or flight.
        Full dark, no stars
        13
        Tolton waited for a moment, nerving himself to step out.
        The Naked God
        14
        I think you have been now some years nerving your mind to the exertion.
        Devereux — Volume 01
        15
        While he was nerving himself to go through with it, he heard a gunshot.
        The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
        16
        They were nerving themselves to hear the crack of a gun at any instant.
        Black Jack
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        Nerving through the time
        Nerving across language varieties
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