Innervate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Innervate \In*ner"vate\ ([i^]n*n[~e]r"v[=a]t), v. t. [See
     {Innerve}.] (Anat.)
     To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by
     pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  innervate
       v 1: supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
       2: stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve"