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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: norriture, from Late Latin nutritura, from Latin nutrire; NUTRIENT

nurture

2 noun
     
Related topics: Children
nurture2 [uncountable] formal
SESSC the education and care that you are given as a child, and the way it affects your later development and attitudes
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