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    nour·ish
    [ˈnəriSH]
    verb
    nourish (verb) · nourishes (third person present) · nourished (past tense) · nourished (past participle) · nourishing (present participle)
    1. provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition:
      "I was doing everything I could to nourish and protect the baby" · "spiritual resources that nourished her in her darkest hours"
      • enhance the fertility of (soil):
        "a clay base nourished with plant detritus"
    2. keep (a feeling or belief) in one's mind, typically for a long time:
      "he has long nourished an ambition to bring the show to Broadway"
    Origin
    Middle English: from Old French noriss-, lengthened stem of norir, from Latin nutrire ‘feed, cherish’.
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    verb
    1. provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition:
      provide for
      nutrify
      Opposite:
      • keep (a feeling or belief) in one's mind, typically for a long time:
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