Talk:nerven
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Verb: "To make nervous; innerve". First of all innerve does not mean "make nervous" (scared), but to make strong, or give nervous energy to. Secondly I can't find any form except "nervened". Entry has two citations, both for "nervened": one (1964) "a pilot of nervened skill": okay, seems like a nonce or error, but evidently means the pilots has nerves (of steel etc.). The other (1988) strikes me as gibberish of no clear meaning: "Circling like cats around a possibility that might, nervened, we touch together almost quite." Equinox ◑ 18:57, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
- "make nervous" is not supported by citation, so it's been removed. I've modified the 1987 quote to appear the way it does in print. Basically, like cats circling, they finally get up the nerve to (almost) touch. It's a poem. It still needs one more cite to stay, I'm looking... Leasnam (talk) 22:35, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
- Ok, that didn't take long. Added a third 1944 cite. Thanks for bringing this to attention :) Leasnam (talk) 22:42, 16 October 2022 (UTC)
RFV-passed This, that and the other (talk) 03:39, 19 November 2022 (UTC)