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nurture
English
Alternative forms
- nouriture (obsolete)
- nutriture (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n???.t???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t??(?)
Noun
nurture (countable and uncountable, plural nurtures)
- The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care
- Synonyms: upbringing, raising, education, training
- That which nourishes; food; diet.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland
- Other great houses there be of the English in Ireland, which, through licentious conversing with the Irish, or marrying, or fostering with them or lack of meet nurture, or other such unhappy occasions, have degenerated from their ancient dignities and are now grown as Irish as O'Hanlon's breech, as the proverb there is.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, A Veue of the Present State of Ireland
- The environmental influences that contribute to the development of an individual (as opposed to "nature").
- 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes
- A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise.
- 1649, John Milton, Eikonoklastes
Translations
Verb
nurture (third-person singular simple present nurtures, present participle nurturing, simple past and past participle nurtured)
- To nourish or nurse.
- (figuratively, by extension) To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.
- 2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, ?ISBN
- The relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law.
- 2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, ?ISBN
Synonyms
- (figuratively, to encourage): See Thesaurus:nurture
Related terms
- nourish
- nourishment
- nurse
- nursery
- nurturance
- nutrient
- nutriment
- nutrition
- nutritional
- nutritious
- nutritive
Translations
Further reading
- nurture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- nurture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- U-turner, untruer
Middle English
Noun
nurture
- Alternative form of norture
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sustenance
English
Etymology
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from sustenir (14c) with the suffix -ance, from Vulgar Latin *sustenire, from Latin sustinere. Cf. also Late Latin sustinentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?s.t?.n?ns/
Noun
sustenance (countable and uncountable, plural sustenances)
- Something that provides support or nourishment.
Related terms
- subsistence
Translations
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