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  1. nerve
    [nərv]
    noun
    nerve (noun)
    nerves (plural noun)
    one's nerve (noun)
    one's nerves (plural noun)
    1. (in the body) a whitish fiber or bundle of fibers that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs:
      "the optic nerve"
      • (one's nerve)
        a person's steadiness, courage, and sense of purpose when facing a demanding situation:
        "an amazing journey that tested her nerves to the full"
        "the army's commanders were beginning to lose their nerve"
        "I got up the nerve to ask Miss Kinnian to have dinner with me"
        • (nerves)
          nervousness or anxiety:
          "his first-night nerves soon disappeared"
          • botany
            a prominent unbranched rib in a leaf, especially in the midrib of the leaf of a moss.
            verb
            nerve (verb)
            nerves (third person present)
            nerved (past tense)
            nerved (past participle)
            nerving (present participle)
            (nerve oneself)
            1. brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation:
              "she nerved herself to enter the room"
              Similar:
              brace oneself
              steel oneself
              summon/gather/screw up/muster one's courage
              screw one's courage to the sticking place
              gear oneself up
              prepare oneself
              get in the right frame of mind
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              nərv
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              late Middle English (also in the sense ‘tendon, sinew’): from Latin nervus; related to Greek neuron ‘nerve’ (see neuron).
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