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      innervate
      verb
      stimulate to action
      supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
      Roots
      inin- · Latin · intonervusnerv- · Latin · nerve, sinewatus-ate · Latin · to make, supply with
      Words related to innervate
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      Where does innervate come from?

      The word innervate breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: in-, from Latin in (“into”); nerv, from Latin nervus (“nerve, sinew”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make, supply with”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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