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v. give nourishment to

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

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nourish, nurture, sustain

v. provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"

succor, succour

v. help in a difficult situation

keep, maintain

v. maintain for use and service; "I keep a car in the countryside"; "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"

support

v. support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"

breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck

v. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"

nutrify, aliment, nourish

v. give nourishment to

succor, succour

v. help in a difficult situation

provision, purvey

v. supply with provisions

feed

v. feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"

sustain, keep, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

yield, give, afford

v. be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"

bear, hold

v. have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices; "She bears the title of Duchess"; "He held the governorship for almost a decade"

strengthen, beef up, fortify

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

encourage

v. inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to

reassure, assure

v. cause to feel sure; give reassurance to; "The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe"

harbor, harbour

v. keep in one's possession; of animals

have, have got, hold

v. have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense; "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"

advance

v. pay in advance; "Can you advance me some money?"

sponsor, patronize, patronise

v. assume sponsorship of

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mortify > muddy > mull > mull over > nice > notable > noted > nourish

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