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suckle

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suck⋅le

  [suhk-uhl] verb, -led, -ling.
Use suckle in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to nurse at the breast or udder.
2. to nourish or bring up.
3. to put to suck.
–verb (used without object)
4. to suck at the breast or udder.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME sucklen; see suck, -le
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suck·le   (sŭk'əl)   
v.   suck·led, suck·ling, suck·les

v.   tr.

    1. To cause or allow to take milk at the breast or udder; nurse.

    2. To take milk at the breast or udder of.

  2. To take in as sustenance; have as nourishment.

  3. To nourish as if with the milk of the breast; nurture: "a pagan suckled in a creed outworn" (William Wordsworth).

v.   intr.
To suck at the breast or udder.

[Middle English suclen, perhaps from suklinge, suckling; see suckling.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

suckle 
1408, perhaps a causative form of M.E. suken "to suck" (see suck), or a back-formation from suckling (though this word is attested only from c.1440).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: suck·le
Pronunciation: 's&k-&l
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: suck·led; suck·ling /-(&-)li[ng]/
1 : to give milk to from the breast or udder suckling her child>
2 : to draw milk from the breast or udderof
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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