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verb

Nourish v. t. (past & past part. nourished; pres. part. nourishing)

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."

To support; to maintain. "Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band."

To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. "Nourish their contentions."

To cherish; to comfort. "Ye have nourished your hearts."

To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. "Nourished up in the words of faith."

Synonyms: To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture.

Nourish v. i.

To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. "Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves."

To gain nourishment. (R.)

adjective

Nourishing adj. Promoting growth; nutritious.

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Etymology of 'Nourishing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... with worthless drift, but the overflowing Nile with its rich deposits. Over all the regions covered by the barbarian inundation a new stratum of population was deposited, a new soil formed that was capable of nourishing a better civilization than any the ...

— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers

... should be saved, and after soaking and bruising may be added to give richness to gravies and soups, and they are particularly nourishing for ...

— A Poetical Cook-Book • Maria J. Moss

... Nourishing these dreams, the poor man began to be tortured by every caress the mother gave her son, and irritated by every word she spoke to him. Her grammar was good enough for himself, and the exuberant caresses of her maudlin moods were even sometimes ...

— The Manxman - A Novel - 1895 • Hall Caine

... I treated him as a prisoner, but by degrees he insinuated himself into my good graces to such an extent that after a while I invited him to mess with me, in fact, made a friend of him, little thinking of the serpent I was nourishing. ...

— Sketches From My Life - By The Late Admiral Hobart Pasha • Hobart Pasha

... carried him some miles into the country, where he found a friendly asylum for him in the house of some good Quakers. There he nursed him, and by the aid of the kind owners, who were farmers, gave him nourishing food, ...

— American Prisoners of the Revolution • Danske Dandridge

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