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suckled

[suhk-uhl] Origin

suck·le

[suhk-uhl] verb, -led, -ling.
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.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English sucklen; see suck, -le

un·suck·led, adjective
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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).
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