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Nurture
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Prov. 27:25
"The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered."

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nurture

n.

1. Something that nourishes; sustenance.
2. The act of bringing up.
3. Biology. The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism.

tr.v., -tured, -tur·ing, -tures.

1. To nourish; feed.
2. To educate; train.
3. To help grow or develop; cultivate: nurture a student's talent.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin nūtrītūra, act of suckling, from Latin nūtrītus, past participle of nūtrīre, to suckle.]

nurturer nur'tur·er n.

SYNONYMS nurture, cultivate, foster, nurse. These verbs mean to promote and sustain the growth and development of: nurturing hopes; cultivating tolerance; foster friendly relations; nursed the fledgling business.

noun

Something fit to be eaten: aliment, bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slangchow, eats, grub. Seeingestion.

verb

To promote and sustain the development of: cultivate, foster, nourish, nurse.
A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. . . . Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree. — Deng Ming-Dao, Taoist master & author of several books about Tao


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