nerved

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of nerve

adj

1. (obsolete)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. (in-compounds)Having nerves of a specified kind.

   “a strong-nerved hero”

3. (in-compounds, often)Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.

   “The leaf was palmately nerved.”