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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nutriment  \Nu"tri*ment\,  n.  [L.  nutrimentum  fr  nutrire  to 
  nourish.  See  {Nourish}.] 
  1.  That  which  nourishes;  anything  which  promotes  growth  and 
  repairs  the  natural  waste  of  animal  or  vegetable  life; 
  food;  aliment. 
 
  The  stomach  returns  what  it  has  received,  in 
  strength  and  nutriment  diffused  into  all  parts  of 
  the  body.  --South. 
 
  2.  That  which  promotes  development  or  growth. 
 
  Is  not  virtue  in  mankind  The  nutriment  that  feeds 
  the  mind  ?  --Swift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nutriment 
  n  :  a  source  of  nourishment  [syn:  {nourishment},  {sustenance},  {aliment}, 
  {alimentation},  {victuals}] 




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