nourish

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old French < Latin nutrire (“‘to suckle, feed, foster, nourish, cherish, preserve, support’”).

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nourish (plural nourishes)

1. (obsolete) A nurse.

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to nourish (third-person singular simple present nourishes, present participle nourishing, simple past and past participle nourished)

1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.
2. To support; to maintain.
3. To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
4. To cherish; to comfort.
5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments.
6. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
7. To gain nourishment.

[edit] Derived terms

• nourishment

[edit] Related terms

• nurse
• nutriment
• nutrition

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[edit] External links

• nourish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• nourish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• nourish at OneLook® Dictionary Search