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nutrify, v.|ˈnjuːtrɪfaɪ|
[f. L. nūtr-īre to nourish + -ify.]
a. trans. To nourish. Also fig.
b. intr. To supply nutriment.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xvi. (Percy Soc.) 73 In which the golde is truely nutryfyde. Ibid. xx. 95 His propre death him selfe he nutrifyed. 1542Boorde Dyetary xi. (1870) 259 The whiche haue ben nourisshed or nutryfyde with suche breade. 1595Chapman Banq. Sence (1639) 3 And with fit foode her Plants did nutrifie. c1645Howell Lett. (1655) II. lv. 71 The wine..doth not only breed good bloud, but it nutrifieth also. 1879Expositor IX. 83 That which in one quietly and pleasantly nutrifies, in another deranges and defiles. |