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  • 61nurse — /nerrs/, n., v., nursed, nursing. 1. a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm. Cf. nurse midwife, nurse practitioner, physician s assistant, practical nurse, registered nurse. 2. a woman who has the general care of …

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  • 62Modernism — • Etymologically, modernism means an exaggerated love of what is modern, an infatuation for modern ideas Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Modernism     Modernism      …

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  • 63Locke: knowledge and its limits — Ian Tipton I That John Locke’s Essay concerning Human Understanding is one of the philosophical classics is something nobody would deny, yet it is not easy to pinpoint precisely what is so special about it. Locke himself has been described as the …

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  • 64foster — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. nourish, nurture, cherish; encourage, support. See aid, endearment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To support] Syn. cherish, nurse, nourish, rear; see raise 2 . 2. [To harbor] Syn. encourage, nurture,… …

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  • 65sustain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. bear up, support; endure; maintain, prolong, protract; nourish; corroborate, confirm, ratify, substantiate; assist. See aid, agency. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To carry] Syn. bear, support, bear on the …

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  • 66nursery — (n.) c.1400, breeding, nursing, from O.Fr. norture, norreture food, nourishment; education, training, from L.L. nutritia a nursing, suckling, from L. nutrire to nourish, suckle (see NOURISH (Cf. nourish)). Meaning place or room for infants and… …

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  • 67nutrient — (n.) a nutritious substance, 1828, noun use of adjective (1640s) meaning providing nourishment, from L. nutrientem (nom. nutriens), prp. of nutrire to nourish, suckle, feed, foster (see NOURISH (Cf. nourish)) …

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  • 68nutrition — (n.) early 15c., from O.Fr. nutrition (14c.) and directly from L. nutritionem (nom. nutritio) a nourishing, noun of action from pp. stem of nutrire to nourish, suckle (see NOURISH (Cf. nourish)) …

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  • 69nutritive — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. nutritif and directly from M.L. nutritivus nourishing, from pp. stem of L. nutrire to nourish (see NOURISH (Cf. nourish)) …

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  • 70γαλακτοτροφήσω — γαλακτοτροφέω nourish with milk aor subj act 1st sg γαλακτοτροφέω nourish with milk fut ind act 1st sg γαλακτοτροφέω nourish with milk aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic) …

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