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un⋅nerve

  [uhn-nurv]
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–verb (used with object), -nerved, -nerv⋅ing.
to deprive of courage, strength, determination, or confidence; upset: Fear unnerved him.
Origin:
1595–1605; un- 2 + nerve
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un·nerve   (ŭn-nûrv')   
tr.v.   un·nerved, un·nerv·ing, un·nerves
  1. To deprive of fortitude, strength, or firmness of purpose.
  2. To make nervous or upset.
un·nerv'ing·ly adv.
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Unnerve

Un*nerve"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nerve.] To deprive of nerve, force, or strength; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to unnerve the arm.

Unequal match'd, . . . The unnerved father falls. --Shak.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : unnerve
Spanish: desconcertar, turbar; amilanar, acobardar,
German: genervt, entmutigt,
Japanese: 元気を失わせる
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unnerve 
1621, "to destroy the strength of," from un- (2) + nerve. Meaning "to deprive of courage" is recorded from 1704.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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