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nerved
adj 3
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3ADJ.
able
NERVED + NOUN
himself
ADV.
palmately
Definitions
adj
1
Vigorous, strong; courageous.
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.
2
Having nerves of a specified kind.
a strong-nerved hero
3
Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.
The leaf was palmately nerved.
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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.
Wiktionary02
a strong-nerved hero
Wiktionary03
The leaf was palmately nerved.
Wiktionary04
Robin nerved himself for yet another tussle.
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