nerved
English
Adjective
nerved (comparative more nerved, superlative most nerved)
- (obsolete) Vigorous, strong; courageous. [17th–19th c.]
- 1798, Mary Wollstonecraft, Maria: or, The Wrongs of Woman:
- Besides, their pains and pleasures are so dependent on outward circumstances […] that they seldom act from the impulse of a nerved mind, able to choose its own pursuit.
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- (in combination) Having nerves of a specified kind. [from 17th c.]
- a strong-nerved hero
- (botany, often in combination) Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf. [from 18th c.]
- The leaf was palmately nerved.
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