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unˈnerved, ppl. a.
[See prec.]
Rendered nerveless or weak; unmanned.
1602Shakes. Ham. ii. ii. 496 With the whiffe and winde of his fell Sword Th' vnnerued Father fals. 1659W. Chamberlayne Pharonnida iii. i. 398 Whilst her brother stands Unnerved with grief. 1718Rowe tr. Lucan 33 Then Sons forsook their Sires un-nerv'd and old. 1781Cowper Retirem. 677 A mind unnerv'd, or indispos'd to bear The weight of subjects worthiest of her care. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xx. IV. 429 Her recent efforts..had left her spent and unnerved. 1894S. Fiske Holiday Stories (1900) 83 The situation was becoming terribly strained... Tom had given way under it, and was completely unnerved. |