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nour⋅ish

  [nur-ish, nuhr-]
Use well-nourished in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
2. to cherish, foster, keep alive, etc.: He had long nourished the dream of living abroad.
3. to strengthen, build up, or promote: to nourish discontent among the workers; to nourish the arts in one's community.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME norisshe < OF noriss-, long s. of norir < L nūtrīre to feed; see nurse, -ish 2

Related forms:
nour⋅ish⋅a⋅ble, adjective
nour⋅ish⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. See nurse. 3. encourage, help, aid, back, advance.

Antonyms:
3. discourage.
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Word Origin & History

nourish 
c.1290, "to bring up, nurture" (a child, a feeling, etc.), from O.Fr. norriss-, stem of norrir (Fr. nourir), from L. nutrire "to feed, nurse, foster, support, preserve," from *nutri (older form of nutrix "nurse"), lit. "she who gives suck," from PIE base *(s)nu- "flow, let flow," hence "to suckle" (cf. Skt. snauti "she drips, gives milk," Gk. nao "I flow").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: nour·ish
Pronunciation: 'n&r-ish, 'n&-rish
Function: transitive verb
: to furnish or sustain with nutriment : FEED
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

nourish nour·ish (nûr'ĭsh, nŭr'-)
v. nour·ished, nour·ish·ing, nour·ish·es
To provide with food or other substances necessary for sustaining life and growth.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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