nurture
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[edit] English
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[edit] Etymology
From Middle English norture, noriture < Old French norriture, norreture < Late Latin nutritura (“‘nourishment’”) < Latin nutrire (“‘to nourish’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnɛː.tʃər/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)tʃə(r)
[edit] Noun
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nurture (plural nurtures)
- The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
- That which nourishes; food; diet.
- The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual; see also nature.
[edit] Translations
act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training
that which nourishes; food; diet
[edit] Verb
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to nurture (third-person singular simple present nurtures, present participle nurturing, simple past and past participle nurtured)
[edit] Translations
to nourish or nurse
[edit] Related terms
- nourish
- nourishment
- nurse
- nursery
- nurturance
- nutrient
- nutriment
- nutrition
- nutritional
- nutritious
- nutritive
[edit] External links
- nurture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- nurture in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
