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verb

Nourish v. t. (past & past part. nourished; pres. part. nourishing)

To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. "He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it."

To support; to maintain. "Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band."

To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues. "Nourish their contentions."

To cherish; to comfort. "Ye have nourished your hearts."

To educate; to instruct; to bring up; to nurture; to promote the growth of in attainments. "Nourished up in the words of faith."

Synonyms: To cherish; feed; supply. See Nurture.

Nourish v. i.

To promote growth; to furnish nutriment. "Grains and roots nourish more than their leaves."

To gain nourishment. (R.)

adjective

Nourishing adj. Promoting growth; nutritious.

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Etymology of 'Nourishing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nourishing" Quotes from Famous Books

... marry Carlotta. Carlotta is nature; Dora isn't even art. Why, in the name of men and angels, should I marry Dora? And why (save to call herself Lady Ordeyne) should she want to marry me? I have not trifled with her virgin affections; and that she is nourishing a romantic passion for me of spontaneous growth I decline to believe. For aught I care she can be as inconsolable as Calypso. It will do her good. She can write a little story about it ...

— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke

... of some description is almost always included. Besides bread, a cooked or a dry cereal is usually served for breakfast, and for some persons this constitutes the main breakfast dish, providing a nourishing and easily digested food when served with milk or cream. This food is especially desirable for children, and for this reason is always among the first solid ...

— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 - Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... are alive and hearty, what makes you so fleshy?" she remarked, "and how you have grown!" Allugu[a] did not tell his mother that a good little fairy had been feeding him. He simply said that the food and water she had left had proved very nourishing. After that his parents decided that as he would not die they ...

— Short Sketches from Oldest America • John Driggs

... gives no joy, have in our time accentuated the longing for wealth out of all proportion. This is true of every layer of society. The clerk's wife spends for her frocks just as absurdly large a part of his income as the banker's wife. Every salesgirl must have a plume on her hat rather than a nourishing luncheon. Others must have six motor cars instead of a decent library in their palace. But this longing for useless display is still outdone by the hysterical craving for amusement. The factory girl must have her movies every night, and besides the nine hundred kino shows, ...

— Psychology and Social Sanity • Hugo Muensterberg

... don't suppose it is very nourishing. Where are we to get what we want, Dolly? how are we to get bread, ...

— The End of a Coil • Susan Warner

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