nour´ish|ing|ly

nour´ish|ing|ly
nour|ish «NUR ihsh», transitive verb.
1. a) to make grow, or keep alive and well, with food; feed; nurture: »

Milk is all we need to nourish our small baby. It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree (Robert Burns).

b) to supply; sustain; support: »

a river nourished by many small streams.

2. Figurative. to encourage; support; maintain; foster: »

to nourish a hope. I could find nothing to nourish my suspicion (Daniel Defoe).

[< Old French noriss-, stem of norrir, or nurrir < Latin nūtrīre feed]
nour´ish|er, noun.
nour´ish|ing|ly, adverb.

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