ALIMENT

nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

(noun) a source of materials to nourish the body

nutrify, aliment, nourish

(verb) give nourishment to

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

aliment (countable and uncountable, plural aliments)

(now rare) Food.

(figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.

(Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.

Verb

aliment (third-person singular simple present aliments, present participle alimenting, simple past and past participle alimented)

(obsolete) To feed, nourish.

To sustain, support.

Anagrams

• ailment, maltine, netmail

Source: Wiktionary

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Al"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. alimentum, fr. alere to nourish; akin to Goth. alan to grow, Icel. ala to nourish: cf. F. aliment. See Old.]

1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. Aliments of theiBacon.

2. An allowance for maintenance. [Scot.]

Al"i*ment, v. t.

1. To nourish; to support.

2. To provide for the maintenance of. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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