innervate

from 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"

from 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]