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— William Blake

Tyger, tyger, burning bright

In the forests of the night,

What immortal hand or eye

Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

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To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.

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central nervous system

Part of Speechnoun

In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brainstem and spinal cord.

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Synonyms

CNScerebrospinal axissystema nervosum centrale

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Related Words

spinal cordbrain stemneuroanatomyventral nerve cordneuroskeletonneurocraniumvegetative nervous system

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