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   nourish

   /ˈnʌrɪʃ/

   verb

   • 1. provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition: "I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby" Similar feedprovide forsustainmaintainrare:nutrifyOpposite starve
   • ▪ enhance the fertility of (soil): "a clay base nourished with plant detritus"
   • 2. keep (a feeling or belief) in one's mind, typically for a long time: "he has long nourished an ambition to bring the show to Broadway" Similar cherishnurturefosterharbournursekeep in one's mindentertainmaintainsustainholdhaveOpposite repressdiscourage

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French noriss-, lengthened stem of norir, from Latin nutrire ‘feed, cherish’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nourisher noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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