Definition of "nerve-force" [nerve-force]

• The energy, actual or potential, of the nervous system; the capacity of the nervous system for work. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Well, this worthy old Bouvard it was who proposed to prove to me that nerve-force put in motion by the magnetizer was, not indeed infinite, for man is under immutable laws, but a power acting like other powers of nature whose elemental essence escapes our observation."
• "There was only enough nerve-force to enable one to live from hand to mouth."
• "Each of these nervous masses contains nerve-cells as well as nerve-fibres, and is capable of generating nerve-force."