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  • 1 nūtriō

        nūtriō (nūtrībat, nūtrībant, for nūtriēbat, etc., V.), īvī, ītus, īre    [1 NA-], to suckle, nourish, feed, foster, bring up, rear: quos lupa nutrit, O.: ilignā nutritus glande, H.: taurus nutritus in herbā, Iu. — To nourish, support, maintain, foster: Pax Cererem nutrit, O.— To nourish, nurse, take care of, attend to: cura corporum nutriendorum, L.: damnum naturae in filio, L.—Fig., to nourish, cherish, support, cultivate, sustain, maintain: rite indoles Nutrita, H.: Impetus sacer qui vatum pectora nutrit, O.: ego nutriendae Graeciae datus, treat mildly, L.: ignīs foliis, feed, O.: pacem, Ta.
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    nutrire, nutrivi, nutritus V TRANS
    suckle. breast feed; nourish/feed/fuel, supply, build up; preserve, look after; rear/raise; foster/encourage; tend/treat (wound/sick person); deal gently with

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  • 2 alō

        alō aluī, altus or alitus, ere    [1 AL-], to feed, nourish, support, sustain, maintain: altus inter arma, L.: canes ad venandum, T.: exercitum: magnum numerum equitatūs, Cs.: quos lingua periurio alebat, S.: publice ali, at the public cost, N.: amnis imbres Quem super notas aluere ripas, have filled, H.: infelix minuendo corpus alebat, i. e. nourished himself by his own flesh, O.: panico vetere ali, Cs.: ignem, Cu.: flammas, O.: staturam, Cs. — Fig., to nourish, cherish, promote, increase, strengthen: honos alit artes: in quā alta sit eloquentia: civitatem, i. e. cause to prosper, Cs.: nolo meis impensis illorum ali luxuriam, N.: Volnus venis, V.: si diutius alatur controversia, Cs.: poëtam, H.: spem sententiis: ingenium: bellum.
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    I
    alere, alui, alitus V TRANS
    feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop
    II
    alere, alui, altus V TRANS
    feed, nourish, rear, nurse, suckle; cherish; support, maintain, develop

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  • 3 nutrio

    nūtrĭo, īvi and ii, ītum (contr. form, nutrīmus for nutrivimus, Nemes. Ecl. 3, 26:

    nutribat for nutriebat,

    Verg. A. 11, 572; Sil. 16, 29; so,

    nutribant,

    Verg. A. 7, 485: nutribo for nutriam, Rhemn. Palaem. 1383; Cledon. 1914.—In the dep. form, nutritor for nutrito, Verg. G. 2, 425; cf. Prisc. p. 798 P.), 4, v. a. [Sanscr. root snu-, flow; Gr. neô (sneWô), swim; cf. nurus], to suckle, nourish, feed, foster, bring up, rear (syn. alere; not in Cic., but v. nutrix and nutrimentum).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quos lupa nutrit,

    Ov. F. 2, 415:

    nutritus lacte ferino,

    id. Tr. 3, 11, 3:

    ilignā nutritus glande,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 40:

    balaenae mammis nutriunt fetus,

    Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 235:

    serpente ciconia pullos Nutrit,

    Juv. 14, 75: taurus nutritus in herbā, id. 12, 12.—
    B.
    Transf., to nourish, support, maintain, foster.—Of plants:

    terra herbas Nutrit,

    Ov. R. Am. 45:

    myrtos roscido umore nutrire,

    Cat. 61, 25:

    nutriri cinere vult ruta,

    Plin. 19, 8, 45, § 156:

    fruges humo nutriente,

    Curt. 8, 10, 8; Petr. 120:

    Pax Cererem nutrit,

    Ov. F. 1, 704.— Poet.:

    Edonis nutritum missile ventis,

    a shaft taken from a tree toughened by storms, Val. Fl. 6, 340.—
    2.
    To nourish, nurse, take care of, attend to the body:

    cura corporum nutriendorum,

    Liv. 4, 52:

    aegrum nutrire per eos cibos, quos, etc.,

    Cels. 3, 23:

    vires,

    id. ib.:

    ulcus,

    to heal, id. 5, 26:

    damnum naturae in filio,

    Liv. 7, 4:

    morbos,

    Cels. 6, 6:

    capillum,

    Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82: comam, Hier. in Amos, 8, 9 sq.; Vulg. 1 Cor. 11, 14 sq.:

    cutem, mulierum in facie incorruptam,

    Plin. 21, 21, 91, § 159.—
    3.
    Nutrire vinum, to mix wine with spices, in order that it may keep, Col. 12, 30, 1:

    nutritum vinum,

    id. 12, 21, 3.—
    4.
    In gen., to preserve:

    nutriuntur optime (mensae citreae) splendescuntque, manu siccā fricatae,

    Plin. 13, 15, 30, § 99.—
    II.
    Trop., to nourish, cherish, support, cultivate, sustain:

    indoles Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus,

    Hor. C. 4, 4, 25:

    amorem,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 579:

    pascere ac nutrire furorem (al. favorem),

    Sil. 7, 497:

    impetus ille sacer qui vatum pectora nutrit,

    Ov. P. 4, 2, 25:

    carmen,

    id. ib. 3, 4, 26:

    artes bonas, praecipue studia litterarum,

    Aur. Vict. Epit. 41, 14:

    nummi, quos hic quincunce modesto nutrieras,

    Pers. 5, 149:

    Graeciam,

    i. e. to treat mildly, Liv. 36, 35.—Of fire, to feed:

    gnes suscitat foliisque nutrit,

    Ov. M. 8, 643; 6, 493:

    graves simultates, quas Mucianus callide nutriebat,

    Tac. H. 3, 53 fin.:

    nimiam ac marcentem diu pacem,

    id. G. 36.

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  • 4 nūtrīcor

        nūtrīcor ātus, ārī, dep.    [nutrix], to nourish, sustain: mundus omnia nutricatur.
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    nutricari, nutricatus sum V DEP
    nurse/suckle; raise/rear/bring up; nourish/promote growth/well being; cherish

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  • 5 coalo

    I
    coalere, coalui, coalitus V TRANS
    sustain/nourish together
    II
    coalere, coalui, coaltus V TRANS
    sustain/nourish together

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  • 6 alo

    ălo, ălŭi, altum, and ălĭtum, 3, v. a. (the ante-class. and class. form of the part. perf. from Plautus until after Livy is altus (in Cic. four times); alitus seems to have been first used in the post-Aug. per. to distinguish it from altus, the adj. Altus is found in Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36; Varr. ap. Non. 237, 15; Cic. Planc. 33, 81; id. Brut. 10, 39; id. N. D. 2, 46, 118; id. Fam. 6, 1; Sall. J. 63, 3;

    on the contrary, alitus,

    Liv. 30, 28; Curt. 8, 10, 8; Val. Max. 3, 4, 4; 5, 4, 7; 7, 4, 1; 9, 3, 8; Sen. Contr. 3, praef. 10; Just. 44, 4, 12; Dig. 27, 3, 1; cf. Prisc. 897; Diom. 371; Charis. 220 P.; Wund. ad Cic. Planc. p. 201) [cf.: an-altos = insatiable, alsos = growth (of wood), 1. ad-oleo, ad-olesco, elementum; Goth. alan = to bring up; Germ. alt = old; Engl. old, eld, elder, and alderman], to feed, to nourish, support, sustain, maintain (in gen. without designating the means, while nutrire denotes sustenance by animal food; cf. Herz. ad Caes. B. G. 1, 18; 7, 32; Doed. Syn. II. p. 99).
    I.
    Lit.:

    quem ego nefrendem alui, Liv. And. ap. Fest. s. v. nefrendes, p. 163 Müll. (Trag. Rel. p. 5 Rib.): Athenis natus altusque,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 36:

    alebat eos,

    Vulg. Gen. 47, 12:

    esurientes alebat,

    ib. Tob. 1, 20.—With natus, educatus, or a similar word, several times: Alui, educavi, Att. ap. Non. 422, 14 (Trag. Rel. p. 150 Rib.):

    cum Hannibale alto atque educato inter arma,

    Liv. 30, 28 (cf. II. infra):

    aut equos Alere aut canes ad venandum,

    Ter. And. 1, 1, 30; id. Hec. 4, 4, 49:

    alere nolunt hominem edacem,

    id. Phorm. 2, 2, 21:

    quoniam cibus auget corpus alitque,

    Lucr. 1, 859; 5, 221 al.:

    quae etiam aleret adulescentes,

    Cic. Cael. 38:

    milites,

    id. Verr. 5, 80:

    nautas,

    id. ib. 5, 87:

    exercitum,

    id. Deiot. 24:

    magnum numerum equitatus,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

    cum agellus eum non satis aleret,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 26, 72; so Nep. Phoc. 1, 4:

    locus ille, ubi altus aut doctus est,

    Cic. Planc. 33, 81:

    quibus animantes aluntur,

    id. N. D. 2, 19:

    (animus) aletur et sustentabitur isdem rebus, quibus astra sustentantur et aluntur,

    id. Tusc. 1, 19, 43 al.:

    latrociniis se suosque alebat,

    Caes. B. G. 8, 47; 1, 18:

    quos manus aut lingua perjurio aut sanguine civili alebat,

    Sall. C. 14, 3; cf. Kritz ad Sall. C. 37, 3; Nep. Arist. 3 fin.:

    ut nepotem elephantos alere prohiberet,

    Cic. Phil. 9, 4:

    canes,

    id. Sex. Rosc. 56:

    quod alerentur regiones eorum ab illo,

    Vulg. Act. 12, 20:

    velut amnis imbres Quem super notas aluere ripas,

    have swollen, Hor. C. 4, 2, 5:

    rhombos aequora alebant,

    id. S. 2, 2, 48 al.; Ov. M. 9, 339; 3, 411; and in a paradoxical phrase: infelix minuendo corpus alebat, and sustained his body by consuming it, i. e. nourished himself by his own flesh, id. ib. 8, 878 al.—Hence in pass. with the abl. = vesci, to be nourished or sustained with or by something, to live or feed upon:

    panico vetere atque hordeo corrupto omnes alebantur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 22:

    quia viperinis carnibus alantur,

    Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 27:

    locustis eos ali, etc.,

    id. 7, 2, 2, § 29:

    hoc cibo aliti sunt,

    Vulg. Exod. 16, 35.—
    II.
    Fig., to nourish, cherish, promote, increase, strengthen:

    honos alit artes,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4:

    in eā ipsā urbe, in quā et nata et alta sit eloquentia,

    id. Brut. 10, 39:

    hominis mens alitur discendo et cogitando,

    id. Off. 1, 30:

    haec studia adulescentiam alunt,

    id. Arch. 7, 16; cf.

    Ochsn. Eclog. 134 al.: civitas, quam ipse semper aluisset,

    i. e. whose prosperity he had always promoted, Caes. B. G. 7, 33:

    vires,

    id. ib. 4, 1:

    nolo meis impensis illorum ali augerique luxuriam,

    Nep. Phoc. 1 fin.:

    alere morbum,

    id. Att. 21 fin.:

    insita hominibus libido alendi de industriā rumores,

    Liv. 28, 24:

    regina Vulnus alit venis,

    Verg. A. 4, 2:

    divitiis alitur luxuriosus amor,

    Ov. R. Am. 746:

    alitur diutius controversia,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 32:

    quid alat formetque poëtam,

    Hor. A. P. 307 al. —Hence, altus, a, um.

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  • 7 enutrio

    ē-nūtrĭo, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to bring up, to nourish, feed, support (rare and not ante-Aug.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    puerum sub antris,

    Ov. M. 4, 289:

    purpurae lutense genus,

    Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131: platanum, id. 12, 1, 4, § 8.—
    II.
    Trop., to promote, nourish:

    unde origines aedificiorum sint institutae, et quibus rationibus enutritae et progressae sint gradatim ad hanc finitionem,

    Vitr. 2, 1 fin.:

    ingenia,

    Quint. 8 prooem. 2:

    verbis fidei,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 6.

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  • 8 nutrico

    nūtrīco, āre, and nūtrīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [id.], to suckle, nourish, bring up, rear.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pueros nutricare,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 11:

    scrofae nutricare octonos porcos parvulos primo possunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 13; 2, 2, 8: nutricatur oliva, Afran. ap. Non. 478, 26:

    viperam sub alā,

    Petr. 50.—
    II.
    Trop., to nourish, support, sustain: bona mea inhiant;

    at certatim nutricant et munerant,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 120:

    mundus omnia, sicut membra et partes suas, nutricatur et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 34, 86 Orell. N. cr.; cf. Non. 478, 21:

    eum paupertas nutricata est,

    App. Mag. p. 285, 33.

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  • 9 nutricor

    nūtrīco, āre, and nūtrīcor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [id.], to suckle, nourish, bring up, rear.
    I.
    Lit.:

    pueros nutricare,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 11:

    scrofae nutricare octonos porcos parvulos primo possunt,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 13; 2, 2, 8: nutricatur oliva, Afran. ap. Non. 478, 26:

    viperam sub alā,

    Petr. 50.—
    II.
    Trop., to nourish, support, sustain: bona mea inhiant;

    at certatim nutricant et munerant,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 120:

    mundus omnia, sicut membra et partes suas, nutricatur et continet,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 34, 86 Orell. N. cr.; cf. Non. 478, 21:

    eum paupertas nutricata est,

    App. Mag. p. 285, 33.

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  • 10 ē-nūtriō

        ē-nūtriō īvī, —, īre,    to bring up, nourish, support: puerum, O.

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  • 11 nūtrior

        nūtrior —, īrī, dep.    [nutrio], to cherish, cultivate: nutritor olivam, V.
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    nutriri, nutritus sum V DEP
    suckle. breast feed; nourish/feed/fuel, supply, build up; preserve, look after; rear/raise; foster/encourage; tend/treat (wound/sick person); deal gently with

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  • 12 pāscō

        pāscō pāvī, pāstus, ere    [PA-], to cause to eat, feed, supply with food: bestias: plures calones atque caballi Pascendi, H.— To feed, nourish, maintain, support: holusculis nos, feed with vegetables: quos dives Anagnia pascit, V.: servos, Iu.: volsis pascunt radicibus herbae (me), V.— To pasture, drive to pasture, attend: sues: greges armentaque, O.: non, me pascente, capellae, cytisum carpetis, V.— Pass, to be fed, feed, graze, pasture: si pulli non pascentur, L.: pascitur in magnā Silā iuvenca, V.: carice pastus acutā, V.: iterum pasto pascitur ante cibo, chews the cud, O. — To feed, supply, cherish, cultivate, let grow: barbam, H.: paverunt Pergama flammas, fed, O.: polus dum sidera pascet, feeds (with vapors), V.: nummos alienos, pile up debts, H.— To pasture, give as pasture: asperrima (collium), V.— To graze, browse: pascentes capellae, V.: saltibus in vacuis, V.: mala gramina, V.: apes arbuta, V.— To consume, lay waste, ravage, desolate: vestros campos, L.—Fig., to feast, delight, satisfy, feed, gratify: oculos, T.: quos Clodi furor incendiis pavit: supplicio oculos: animum picturā, V.: spes inanīs, cherish, V.: his ego rebus pascor, his delector, feast myself: maleficio et scelere pascuntur, live by: Pascere nostro dolore, O.
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    pascere, pavi, pastus V
    feed, feed on; graze

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  • 13 satiō

        satiō āvī, ātus, āre    [satis], to fill, satisfy, sate, satiate: desideria naturae, appease: canes satiatae sanguine erili, O.— To fill up, saturate, furnish abundantly: fretum aquis, O.: odoribus ignīs, O.—Fig., to still, satisfy, content, glut, satiate, appease: animum: nec satiatur cupiditatis sitis: satiari delectatione: iram, O.: ait nequaquam se esse satiatum: satiatus poenā, L.: satiati suppliciis nocentium, L.: satiata ferinae Dextera caedis, O.— To overfill, cloy, satiate, disgust: primum numerus agnoscitur, deinde satiat: satiari fastidio similitudinis: satiatis et expletis iucundius est carere quam frui: Heu nimis longo satiate ludo, H.: adsiduo satiatus aratro, Tb.
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    I
    satiare, satiavi, satiatus V
    satisfy, sate; nourish
    II
    sowing, planting; field (Collins)

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  • 14 satiō

        satiō ōnis, f    [1 SA-], a sowing, planting (cf. sementis): tempus sationis: cura sationis, L.: Optima vinetis satio, V.: iugera sationum suarum profiteri, cultivated lands.
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    I
    satiare, satiavi, satiatus V
    satisfy, sate; nourish
    II
    sowing, planting; field (Collins)

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  • 15 sustentō

        sustentō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [sustineo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, support, prop, sustain: fratrem dextrā, V.: aegre seque et arma, Cu.—Fig., to keep up, uphold, sustain, maintain, cherish, support, bear, uplift, preserve: imbecillitatem valetudinis tuae: valetudo sustentatur notitiā sui corporis: me una consolatio sustentat, quod, etc.: spes inopiam sustentabat, Cs.: Venus Troianas sustentat opes, V.— To feed, nourish, support, sustain, maintain: familiam, T.: idem (aër) spiritu ductus sustentat animantīs: se subsidiis patrimoni: eo (frumento) sustentata est plebs, L.: luxuriem domestico lenocinio.— To bear, hold out, endure, suffer: quorum auxiliis, si qua bella inciderint, sustentare consuerint, Cs.: macrorem doloremque: aegre is dies sustentatur, Cs.: aegre eo die sustentatum est, a defence was made, Cs.— To put off, defer, delay: aedificationem ad tuum adventum: id (malum) opprimi sustentando ac prolatando nullo pacto potest.— To check, hold back, restrain: milites, paulisper ab rege sustentati, S.
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    sustentare, sustentavi, sustentatus V
    endure, hold out

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  • 16 sustineō

        sustineō tinuī, tentus, ēre    [subs (see sub)+ teneo], to hold up, hold upright, uphold, bear up, keep up, support, sustain: umeris bovem: arma membraque, L.: infirmos baculo artūs, O.: manibus clipeos, O.: lapis albus Pocula cum cyatho duo sustinet, H.: aër volatūs alitum sustinet: iam se sustinere non posse, i. e. to stand, Cs.: se a lapsu, L.: se alis, O.— To hold back, keep in, stay, check, restrain, control: currum equosque: remos: manum, O.: a iugulo dextram, V.: aliud simile miraculum eos sustinuit, L.: perterritum exercitum, Cs.: se ab omni adsensu, i. e. refrain. —Fig., to uphold, sustain, maintain, preserve: civitatis dignitatem et decus: causam publicam: trīs personas, characters: (arbor) ingentem sustinet umbram, V.— To furnish with means of support, nourish, sustain, support, maintain: hac (sc. re frumentariā) alimur ac sustinemur: qui ager non amplius hominum quinque milia potest sustinere: meretriculae munificentiā sustineri, L.: hinc patriam parvosque Penatīs Sustinet, V.: plebem, L.— To bear, undergo, endure, tolerate, hold out, withstand: sese diutius sustinere non posse, Cs.: nec sustinuissent Romani, nisi, etc., L.: labores: certamen, L.: vim hostium, N.: volnera, Cs.: senatus querentes eos non sustinuit, L.: iusta petentem deam, O.: ultra certamen, sustain the conflict longer, L.: sustineri ira non potuit, quin, etc., L.: non artūs Sustinuit spectare parens, O.: nec sustinet ullus queri, O.: conloqui cum eo, quem damnaverat, sustinuit, Cu.: quae se praeferre Dianae Sustinuit, presumed, O.: sustinebant tales viri, se tot senatoribus... non credidisse?— To hold in, stop, stay, check, restrain, keep back: est igitur prudentis sustinere impetum benevolentiae: hostium impetum, Cs.: consilio bellum, avoided, L. — To put off, defer, delay: sustinenda solutio est nominis Caerelliani: ad noctem oppugnationem, Cs.: rem in noctem, L.
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    sustinere, sustinui, sustentus V
    support; check; put off; put up with; sustain; hold back

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  • 17 tolerō

        tolerō āvī, ātus, āre    [TAL-], to bear, endure, support, sustain, suffer: militiam: difficile toleratu: mores, T.: aequo animo servitutem, S.: cursūs, O.: sitim aestumque, Ta.: quis tolerare potest, illis divitias superare? etc., S.: paulo longius tolerari posse, i. e. they might hold out, Cs.— To support, nourish, maintain, sustain, preserve: his rationibus equitatum tolerare, Cs.: vitam, Cs.: colo vitam, V.: inopiam, S.
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    tolerare, toleravi, toleratus V
    bear, endure, tolerate

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  • 18 alumno

    alumnare, alumnavi, alumnatus V TRANS
    nurture, nourish; rear (children), educate; train (animals)

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  • 19 alumnor

    alumnari, alumnatus sum V DEP
    nurture, nourish; rear (children), educate; train (animals)

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  • 20 nutrico

    nutricare, nutricavi, nutricatus V TRANS
    nurse/suckle; raise/rear/bring up; nourish/promote growth/well being; cherish

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  • nourish — ► VERB 1) provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth and health. 2) keep (a feeling or belief) in one s mind for a long time. ORIGIN Old French norir, from Latin nutrire …   English terms dictionary

  • nourish — [nʉr′ish] vt. [ME norischen < OFr extended stem of norrir < L nutrire: see NURSE] 1. to feed or sustain (any plant or animal) with substances necessary to life and growth 2. to foster; develop; promote (a feeling, attitude, habit, etc.)… …   English World dictionary

  • nourish — [[t]nʌ̱rɪʃ, AM nɜ͟ːrɪʃ[/t]] nourishes, nourishing, nourished 1) VERB To nourish a person, animal, or plant means to provide them with the food that is necessary for life, growth, and good health. [V n] The food she eats nourishes both her and the …   English dictionary

  • nourish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English nurishen, from Anglo French nuriss , stem of nurrir, norrir, from Latin nutrire to suckle, nourish; akin to Greek nan to flow, noteros damp, Sanskrit snauti it drips Date: 14th century 1. nurture, rear 2 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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