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                    as in healing
                                                
              
          
                                                      to attend to the needs and comforts of                                       
              
                             willingly lent a hand to nurse his grandmother in her final years, helping her get from one room to the other and making sure she was warm                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in suckling
                                                
              
          
                                                      to give milk to from the breast                                       
              
                             a new mother's decision to nurse her baby                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in having
                                                
              
          
                                                      to keep in one's mind or heart                                       
              
                             he continues to nurse a tender affection for his first girlfriend                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in spoiling
                                                
              
          
                                                      to treat with great or excessive care                                       
              
                             nursed his sprained ankle for the rest of the week                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in raising
                                                
              
          
                                                      to bring to maturity through care and education                                       
              
                             as foster parents they accepted and nursed 16 needy children over the years                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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                    as in promoting
                                                
              
          
                                                      to help the growth or development of                                       
              
                             her teachers did much to nurse her literary talent                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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                    as in conserving
                                                
              
          
                                                      to use or give out in stingy amounts                                       
              
                             he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch                         
                
                                                                                                                                                                          
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