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nurture

noun
/ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/

Etymology

From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).

  1. derived from nutrire
  2. derived from nutritura
  3. derived from norriture
  4. inherited from norture

Definitions

  1. The act of nourishing or nursing

    The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

  2. That which nourishes

    That which nourishes; food; diet.

  3. The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to…

    The environmental influences that contribute to a person’s development (as opposed to "nature").

    • A Deuill, a borne-Deuill, on whoſe nature / Nurture can neuer ſticke :
    • […]a man neither by nature nor by nurture wiſe.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. The act or process of encouraging the growth or development of something.

      • The problem is aggravated by the fact that much of the gay sub-culture is not conducive to the nurture of the radical ego integrity of which Erikson speaks.

    2. To nourish or nurse.

      • Look where he would, some heap of ruins afforded him rich promise of a working off; the whole town appeared to have been ploughed, and sown, and nurtured by most genial weather; and a goodly harvest was at hand.

    3. To encourage, especially the growth or development of something.

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Derived

nature vs nurture, nurtural, nurturant, nurtureless, nurturement, nurtureship, nurturist, misnurture, nurturable, nurturer, unnurtured

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nurture. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01nurture02care03worry04peace05tranquility06standard07growing08raising09nurturing

A definitional loop anchored at nurture. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at nurture

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA