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nerving
/ ˈ²Ôɜ˱¹ÉªÅ‹ /
noun
- vet science surgical removal of part of a nerve trunk, or the use of chemicals to block the nerve supply, to relieve pain; usually adminstered because of chronic and disabling inflammation
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She stood outside nerving herself for the ordeal, knowing her desk would be the only one without flowers.
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It was obvious that the hesitation was about nerving himself to dive in.
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He lapsed into thought for some minutes, and seemed to be nerving himself to speak.
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Prissy stood nerving herself to speak the words which were in her heart.
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There were Aldermen Minwegen and Alderman Badenoch, and besides them scores of men and women anxiously looking and looking, and nerving themselves to fear the worst.
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