nurture

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In Hannah's house his hopes had received fresh nurture, and Mary and the widow told him much about their kind and loving God and His Son who loved children and had invited them to come to Him.

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  1. noun Something that nourishes; sustenance.
  2. noun The act of bringing up.
  3. noun Biology The sum of environmental influences and conditions acting on an organism.
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  • Such were Emerson's intellectual and moral parentage, nurture, and environment; such was the atmosphere in which he grew up from youth to manhood CHAPTER I. Birthplace.—Boyhood.—College Life. —  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • For you it means some hot moments cooled down by your natural ability to nurture, your attention to the emotions of the piece rather than just the temperamental demands of others. —  The Daily Record - Home
  • Look I never said it was entirely learned or for you a more simplistic term nurture vs nature.
  • In unison they swing these little flowers roused by spring releasing scents upon the breeze with blushing unpretentious ease attracting adolescent bees who'd love to land one righteous sting for summer will adjourn and winter's biting rime will burn away the chance to sow to nurture, and robustly grow substantial fruit in every row to feed the hive condemned to churn. —  Average Poet
  • It has become obvious that the common characterization of nature versus nurture is a false dichotomy. —  American Chronicle
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin nūtrītūra, act of suckling, from Latin nūtrītus, past participle of nūtrīre, to suckle; see (s)nāu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also nourtture; from Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French nurture, nourture, noureture, nourriture, norriture, French nourriture, from Late Latin nutritura, nourishment, from Latin nutrire, past participle nutritus, nourish: see nourish.
  2. from nurture, n.
 

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