minister (to)

verb

Definition of minister (to)next
as in to administer (to)
to attend to the needs and comforts of volunteered to help minister to the sick at the local hospice

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  1. nurse
  2. mother
  3. treat
Verb
  • Bordelon first learned about nursing through his aunt, who was a nurse.
    — Andrea Hsu, NPR, 21 July 2026
  • South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses, exposing the risks of the speculative trading boom that helped fuel one of the world’s hottest equity markets.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of nurse
Verb
  • The new cub's arrival marks the first time Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has had a lion birth since July 2020, when lioness Abana mothered three cubs.
    — Finch Walker, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Virginia Dulles was the opposite of Louanne Bixby—even a hundred children couldn’t exhaust her need to mother them.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of mother
Verb
  • This initiative aims to identify and voluntarily treat testosterone deficiencies, which naturally occur as levels decline after age 30.
    — Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • She was then transported to the hospital to be treated for symptoms of chemical exposure.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of treat
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“Minister (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minister%20%28to%29. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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