innervate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
  2. verb stimulate to action
    • innervate a muscle or a nerve

WordNet

In*ner"vate transitive verb
Etymology
See Innerve.
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) To supply with nerves; as, the heart is innervated by pneumogastric and sympathetic branches.

Webster 1913