innervate

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ nerve +‎ -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/, /ɪˈnɜː.veɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɝˌveɪt/, /ˈɪn.ɚˌveɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnə(ɹ)veɪt, -ɜː(ɹ)veɪt

Verb

innervate (third-person singular simple present innervates, present participle innervating, simple past and past participle innervated)

1. (anatomy, zoology) To supply (an organ or part of the body) with nerves.
2. Synonym of innerve (“to supply with nervous energy”).

Derived terms

• deinnervate
• deinnervation
• hyperinnervate
• innervation
• monoinnervated
• noninnervated
• reinnervate
• reinnervation
• uninnervated

Related terms

• denervate
• denervation
• enervate
• enervation
• renervate

Translations

to supply with nerves

Czech: inervovat Finnish: hermottaa Hungarian: beidegez (hu) Italian: innervare (it)

References

• “innervate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “innervate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

innervate

1. inflection of innervare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

innervate f pl

1. feminine plural of innervato

Anagrams

• inventare, inventerà, invernate