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nurture


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nurture  \Nur"ture\,  n.  [OE.  norture,  noriture,  OF  norriture, 
  norreture  F.  nourriture,  fr  L.  nutritura  a  nursing, 
  suckling.  See  {Nourish}.] 
  1.  The  act  of  nourishing  or  nursing;  thender  care  education; 
  training. 
 
  A  man  neither  by  nature  nor  by  nurture  wise. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  That  which  nourishes;  food;  diet.  --Spenser. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nurture  \Nur"ture\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Nurtured};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Nurturing}.] 
  1.  To  feed;  to  nourish. 
 
  2.  To  educate;  to  bring  or  train  up 
 
  He  was  nurtured  where  he  had  been  born.  --Sir  H. 
  Wotton. 
 
  Syn:  To  nourish;  nurse;  cherish;  bring  up  educate;  tend. 
 
  Usage:  To  {Nurture},  {Nourish},  {Cherish}.  Nourish  denotes  to 
  supply  with  food,  or  cause  to  grow;  as  to  nourish  a 
  plant,  to  nourish  rebellion.  To  nurture  is  to  train  up 
  with  a  fostering  care  like  that  of  a  mother;  as  to 
  nurture  into  strength;  to  nurture  in  sound  principles. 
  To  cherish  is  to  hold  and  treat  as  dear;  as  to 
  cherish  hopes  or  affections. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nurture 
  n  1:  the  properties  acquired  as  a  consequence  of  the  way  you  were 
  treated  as  a  child  [syn:  {raising},  {rearing}] 
  2:  raising  someone  to  be  an  accepted  member  of  the  community; 
  "they  debated  whether  nature  or  nurture  was  more 
  important"  [syn:  {breeding},  {bringing  up},  {fostering},  {fosterage}, 
  {nurturing},  {raising},  {rearing},  {upbringing}] 
  v  1:  help  develop,  help  grow  [syn:  {foster}] 
  2:  bring  up  "raise  a  family";  "bring  up  children"  [syn:  {rear}, 
  {raise},  {bring  up},  {parent}] 
  3:  provide  with  nourishment;  "We  sustained  ourselves  on  bread 
  and  water"  [syn:  {nourish},  {sustain}] 




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