Category:Nurture

Nur"ture, n. Etym: [oe. norture, noriture, of. norriture, norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See nourish.]

1. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; Training. A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.

2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.

Nurture Nur"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurtured; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurturing.]

1. To feed; to nourish.

2. To educate; to bring or train up. He was nurtured where he had been born. Sir h. Wotton.

Syn. -- to nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend. -- to nurture, nourish, cherish. Nourish denotes to supply with Food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up with a fostering care, like that of a Mother; as, to nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to cherish hopes or Affections.