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nourish |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nourish \Nour"ish\, v. i. 1. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves. --Bacon. 2. To gain nourishment. [R.] --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nourish \Nour"ish\, n. A nurse. [Obs.] --Hoolland. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nourish \Nour"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nourished}; p. pr & vb n. {Nourishing}.] [OE. norisen norischen OF nurir, nurrir norir, F. norrir, fr L. nutrire Cf {Nurse}, {Nutriment}, and see {-ish}.] 1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it --Is. xliv. 14. 2. To support; to maintain. Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. --Shak. 3. To supply the means of support and increase to to encourage; to foster; as to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. ``Nourish their contentions.'' --Hooker. 4. To cherish; to comfort. Ye have nourished your hearts. --James v. 5. 5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. --Chaucer. Nourished up in the words of faith. --1 Tim. iv 6. Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See {Nurture}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: nourish v 1: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water" [syn: {nurture}, {sustain}] 2: give nourishment to [syn: {nutrify}, {aliment}]
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