transitive. To cherish (a person). Obsolete.

To treat with fostering care, foster tenderly, nurse (children, young creatures).

To ‘nurse’, tend with affectionate care; to ‘nurse’, cherish, keep warm (in the bosom).

With allusion to lap, n.1 5a: To enfold caressingly like a child in its mother's lap; to nurse, fondle, caress; to surround with soothing and…

To feel or act tenderly towards; to regard or treat with tenderness: with various shades of meaning. To treat with affectionate care; to cherish…

transitive. To place or settle in, or as in, a nest; to set in a secure place. Formerly also: †to tend, nurse (obsolete).

transitive. literary in later use. To nurse, to cherish fondly; to provide with a snug place of rest. Frequently in passive. Cf. nuzzle, v.1 5.

To cherish, nurse tenderly. Obsolete.

figurative. To brood upon.

transitive. To nurse, foster, cherish. Obsolete.