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Verb: nourish  nur-ish or nú-rish [N. Amer], nú-rish [Brit]
  1. Provide with nourishment
    "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children";
    - nurture, sustain
     
  2. Give nourishment to
    "The rich soil nourished the growing plants";
    - nutrify [archaic], aliment [archaic]

Derived forms: nourished, nourishes, nourishing

Type of: cater, feed, give, provide, put up, supply