nounal (nounal)

[ The numerals have been inserted in this place as a sort of appendix to the nounal group, because of their manifest affinity to that group. J. Earle. nounize (nou'nīz), v. t.; pret. and pp. nounized, ppr. nounizing. [ Therefore was the moder suffred to norishe it tell it was x monthes of age, and than it seemed ij yere age or more. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 15. for his own natural mother. ber. noumeite, numeite (nö'mē-īt), n. [ Nouméa (see def.) + -ite2 .] A hydrous silicate of nickel The child that is nourished ever after taketh his nurse and magnesium from Nouméa, New Caledonia. It is e entially the same as garnierite . Sir T. More, Utopia (tr. by Robinson), ii. 51. noumena, n. Plural of noumenon. 2. To feed; supply (a living or organized body, noumenal (nö'me-nal), a . [ tive ppr., pa ing into quasi - prep., conj., and Of or pertaining to a noumenon, nourish ce es and to promote growth; supply with nutriment. At the ende of 3 Wekes or of a Monethe, the i comen azen and taken here Chick enes and nori che hem and bryngen hem for the. Mandeville, Travels, p. 49. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Isa. xliv. 14. 4030 tonism and the Neo platonic philosophy, reason, the highest kind of thought; especially, that reason which made the world (though other elements contributed to it). The later Neoplatonists made the nous a kind of living being. The original Being [in the philosophy of Plot in us] first of all throws out the nous, which is a perfect image of the Encyc. Brit., XVII. 336. Hence-2. Wit; cleverne ; smartne . [College cant, and slang.] 3. To promote the growth or development of One, and the archetype of all existing things. in any way; foster; cherish. Yet doth it not nourish such monstrous shapes of men as fabulous Antiquities fained. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 51. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls. Pope , R. of the L., ii. 20. Were you to stand upon the mountain slopes which nour ish the glacier, you would see thence also the widening of the streak of rubbish. Tyndall, Forms of Water, p. 95. 4. To support; maintain, in a general sense; supply the means of support and increase to; encourage. Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band, I will stir up in England some black storm. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. 348. Then may we... make a comfortable gue at the goodne of our condition in this world, and nourish very promising hopes to ourselves of being happy in another. Don't fancy, because a man nous seems to lack, That, whenever you please, you can "give him the sack." Barham , In golds by Legends, II. 249. The literal Germans call it "Mutter wi ," The Yankees "gumption," and the Grecians nous A useful thing to have about the house. J. G. Saxe, The Wife's Revenge.