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tʃərverb (used with object)
1.
to feed and protect: to nurture one's offspring.
2.
to support and encourage, as during the period of training or development; foster: to nurture promising musicians.
3.
to bring up; train; educate.
noun
4.
rearing, upbringing, training, education, or the like.
5.
development: the nurture of young artists.
6.
something that nourishes; nourishment; food.
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Nurture
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Origin:
1300–50; (noun) Middle English norture < Middle French, variant of nourriture < Late Latin nūtrītūra a nourishing, equivalent to Latin nūtrīt(us) (past participle of nūtrīre to feed, nourish) + -ūra -ure; (v.) derivative of the noun
1300–50; (noun) Middle English norture < Middle French, variant of nourriture < Late Latin nūtrītūra a nourishing, equivalent to Latin nūtrīt(us) (past participle of nūtrīre to feed, nourish) + -ūra -ure; (v.) derivative of the noun
Related forms
nur·tur·a·ble, adjective
nur·ture·less, adjective
nur·tur·er, noun
un·nur·tured, adjective
well-nur·tured, adjective
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Link To nurture
Example Sentences
- We're offering new fiction and trying to nurture new writers.
- Uranus does not nurture as the Moon should, it disrupts.
- So again the answer to why a person has a certain characteristic can be both nature and nurture.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| nurture (ˈnɜːtʃə) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of promoting the development, etc, of a child |
| 2. | something that nourishes |
| 3. | biology See also nature the environmental factors that partly determine the structure of an organism |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to feed or support |
| 5. | to educate or train |
| [C14: from Old French norriture, from Latin nutrīre to nourish] | |
| 'nurturable | |
| —adj | |
| 'nurturer | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
nurture
early 14c. (n.), "breeding, upbringing," from O.Fr. nourriture "nourishment," from L.L. nutritia (see nursery). The verb meaning "to feed or nourish" is attested from earlly 15c.
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