Wordnet 3.0
VERB (2)
1.
supply nerves to (some organ or body part);
2.
stimulate to action;
- Example: "innervate a muscle or a nerve"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
innervate
v 1: supply nerves to (some organ or body part)
2: stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve"