9 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
verb supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
verb stimulate to action
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English nerve Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English innervate From in- + nerve + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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