NURTURING

Verb

nurturing

present participle of nurture

Source: Wiktionary


NURTURE

Nur"ture, n. Etym: [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture, norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See Nourish.]

1. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training. A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.

2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.

Nur"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurtured; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurturing.]

1. To feed; to nourish.

2. To educate; to bring or train up. He was nurtured where he had been born. Sir H. Wotton.

Syn.

– To nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend.

– To Nurture, Nourish, Cherish. Nourish denotes to supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to cherish hopes or affections.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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