"nerven" meaning in English

See nerven in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈnɜː(ɹ)vən/ Forms: nervens [present, singular, third-person], nervening [participle, present], nervened [participle, past], nervened [past]
Etymology: From nerve + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|nerve|en|id2=inchoative}} nerve + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} nerven (third-person singular simple present nervens, present participle nervening, simple past and past participle nervened)
  1. (transitive, rare) To innerve. Tags: rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[…] if I give them such serving as I can as to money it is impossible for me to raise it as this alarm has stopt^([sic]) all my channels and if I can't get matters on such a footing as to raise my credit again which is entirely knocked down, I must and am nervened to give up.",
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