nurture
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noun \ˈnər-chər\Definition of NURTURE
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: something that nourishes : food
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: the sum of the environmental factors influencing the behavior and traits expressed by an organism
See Examples of NURTURE
- Members of the family helped in the nurture of the baby.
Origin of NURTURE
Middle English norture, nurture, from Anglo-French nureture, from Late Latin nutritura act of nursing, from Latin nutritus, past participle of nutrire to suckle, nourish — more at nourish
First Known Use: 14th century
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2nurture
transitive verbnur·turednur·tur·ing \ˈnərch-riŋ, ˈnər-chə-\
Definition of NURTURE
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: to supply with nourishment
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: educate
Examples of NURTURE
- Teachers should nurture their students' creativity.
- a professor who nurtures any student who shows true interest in history
- The study looks at the ways parents nurture their children.
- You have to carefully nurture the vines if you want them to produce good grapes.
- She nurtured a secret ambition to be a singer.
First Known Use of NURTURE
15th century
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