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nervine

[ nur-veen, -vahyn ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to the nerves.
  2. acting on or relieving disorders of the nerves; soothing the nerves.


noun

  1. a nervine medicine.

nervine

/ ˈ²Ôɜ˱¹¾±Ë²Ô /

adjective

  1. having a soothing or calming effect upon the nerves
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a nervine drug or agent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of nervine1

1655–65; < New Latin ²Ô±ð°ù±¹Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ, equivalent to Latin nerv ( us ) nerve + -Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ -ine 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of nervine1

C17: from New Latin ²Ô±ð°ù±¹Ä«²Ô³Ü²õ, from Latin nervus nerve
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Rebuilder of the adrenals, borage is a deep-acting nervine suited to times of exhaustion and low spirits.

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The tincture designed to reduce anxiety that Marks has seen an increased interest in is made with nervine milky oats — the top of the oat plant after it has flowered — while their blend meant to ease grief is infused with hawthorn berry, which Marks hopes will help others as it once helped them.

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I have soothed myself with nervine bitters.

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At a candidate forum at a Lower Ninth Ward church last week, the mayor, whose jitteriness prompted his siblings to call him Nervine, listened with tensely folded hands as Mr. Bagneris shouted that parts of the city had been “absolutely ignored.â€

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In the sense of nervous weakness, or, perhaps more correctly, nervine weakness, the word should probably be nervish, analogous to qualmish, squeamish, aguish, feverish, &c.

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