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nourish (iou) and microphthalmy (medicine)


nourish (iou)



nourish verb. ME.
[Old French noriss- lengthened stem of norir (mod. nourrir) from Latin nutrire feed, foster, cherish: see -ISH2.]
I. verb trans.
Bring up, rear, nurture, (a child or young person, an animal); feed with milk from the breast, suckle. ME-L17.
b. Cherish (a person). LME-M16.
Sustain with Food or proper nutriment; provide with Food or sustenance; supply with something necessary for growth, formation, or good condition. ME.
Bible (AV): Genesis 45:11 Thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen..and there wil I nourish thee. J. Tyndall The mountain slopes which nourish the glacier. W. S. Churchill Valleys, nourished alike by endless sunshine and abundant water. Stevie Smith Nourish me on an egg, Nanny. J. Diski The wood is to be fed and nourished. fig.: W. H. Prescott Men of umblemished purity of life, nourished with the learning of the cloister.
fig. Promote or foster (a feeling, habit, condition, state of things, etc.); nurse (a feeling) in one's own heart or mind. ME.
Shakespeare Coriolanus They nourished disobedience, fed the ruin of the state. J. Buchan Working-class life..nourished many major virtues. H. Jacobson Men nourish the fantasy that women enjoy..a thrashing.
Maintain, encourage, strengthen (one's heart, mind, etc.) in or with something. ME.
Cultivate the growth of (one's hair, a plant, a tree). LME-E19.
II. verb intrans.
Provide nourishment. Chiefly as nourishing adjective. ME.
Receive or take nourishment; be fed (lit. & fig.). LME-E17.
nourishable adjective (a) nourishing, nutritious; (b) able to be nourished, susceptible to nourishment: L15.
nourisher noun LME.
nourishing noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) nourishment, nutriment: ME.
nourishing adjective that nourishes; sustaining; (esp. of Food) providing much nourishment: LME.
nourishingly adverb in a nourishing manner, so as to provide nourishment L19.

microphthalmy (medicine)


microphthalmy


An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development.

Origin: Micro- + Gr. Eye.

Source: Websters Dictionary