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t. [NOURSLE.] nür'-ture, *nor-ture, *nur-tour, s. [O. Fr. noriture (Fr. nourriture )=nourishment, nurture, from Lat. nutritura, fem. sing. of nutriturus, fut. part. of nutrio =to nourish (q. v.); Ital. nutritura.] 1. The act of nurturing, nourishing, or nursing. 2. That which nourishes; nourishment, food, diet. "Thy nurture holy, as of a plant Select." Milton: Samson Agonistes, 361. 3. Training, education, rearing, good breeding. "Hir name is Helianore, of gentille norture." Robert de Brunne , p. 213. nür'-ture, *nour-ter, v . t. [NURTURE, 8.] 1. To feed, to nourish. "They suppose mother earth to be a great animal, and to have nurtured up her young offspring with a conscious tenderne ."-Bentley.