nourish

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
nourish
    v 1: provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread
         and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young
         children" [syn: {nourish}, {nurture}, {sustain}]
    2: give nourishment to [syn: {nutrify}, {aliment}, {nourish}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nourish \Nour"ish\ (n[u^]r"[i^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
   {Nourished} (n[u^]r"[i^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Nourishing}.]
   [OE. norisen, norischen, OF. nurir, nurrir, norir, F.
   nourrir, fr. L. nutrire. Cf. {Nurse}, {Nutriment}, and see
   {-ish}.]
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   1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which
      increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to
      furnish with nutriment.
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            He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it.
                                                  --Is. xliv.
                                                  14.
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   2. To support; to maintain.
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            Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. --Shak.
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   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.
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   4. To cherish; to comfort.
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            Ye have nourished your hearts.        --James v. 5.
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   5. To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to
      promote the growth of in attainments. --Chaucer.
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            Nourished up in the words of faith.   --1 Tim. iv.
                                                  6.
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   Syn: To cherish; feed; supply. See {Nurture}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nourish \Nour"ish\, v. i.
   1. To promote growth; to furnish nutriment.
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            Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves.
                                                  --Bacon.
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   2. To gain nourishment. [R.] --Bacon.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nourish \Nour"ish\, n.
   A nurse. [Obs.] --Hoolland.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "nourish":
      abet, advance, aid, aid and abet, aliment, ask for, breast-feed,
      care for, cherish, coddle, cosset, countenance, cradle, cultivate,
      dry-nurse, encourage, fatten, fatten up, feed, fondle, force-feed,
      fortify, foster, give encouragement, harbor, help, invite, keep,
      keep in countenance, lactate, lavish care on, look after, maintain,
      mother, nurse, nurture, nutrify, pamper, promote, provide for,
      spoon-feed, stimulate, strengthen, stuff, suckle, support, sustain,
      take care of, wet-nurse
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