Nerving

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

  Nerve \Nerve\ (n[~e]rv), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nerved}
     (n[~e]rvs); p. pr. & vb. n. {Nerving}.]
     To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear
     nerved his arm.
     [1913 Webster]