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† nourishn. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: nourice n. Etymology: Variant of nourice n., with alteration of final consonant perhaps after nourish v. Compare nursh n. and also nurse v. Obsolete ( Scottish in later use). society > education > upbringing > [noun] > one who brings up > nurse α. 1340 (1866) 60 (MED) Þe blonderes byeþ þe dyeules noriches þet his children yeueþ zouke. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 172 Aetica..was some tyme norysshe of philisophres. a1425 (a1382) (Corpus Oxf.) Gen. xxiv. 59 Thanne thei leten hir, and Delbora, hir noryshe. c1440 (a1400) (Thornton) (1965) 875 (MED) The qwene þerof was full blythe, And sent a noresche swythe. a1475 in A. Clark (1906) ii. 514 (MED) Thomas Fullere..graunted and yaf to Raaf fitz William fitz Amfride, his norissh, v shillings. ?1490 (Caxton) 121 Idylnesse, þe norisshe of al synnes. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 151 in W. C. Hazlitt (1864) I. 225 When that he shoulde soucke, The noryshe nypples..byte he woulde. 1559 W. Cuningham 43 Th' Earth..is called the..norishe of lyuing creatures, the foundation of all buildinges. Compounds society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > [noun] > foster-father c1598 King James VI & I (1944) I. 81 Thinking it ane of youre fairest styles to be calld a louing noorishe father [v.rr. nurish-, nourish-] to the Kirke. 1619 J. Sempill Ded. To the Most Noble, and truly sacred Prince; Defender of Christ's Faith, and Nourish-father of his Church, James. 1676 19 Apr. Of nurish fees for a bairnes boarding £15. 1688 (Kirkcudbright Sheriff Ct.) 21 Aug. To the norishe and servants fie. 1884 M. Ferguson 243 I'll come back an pay the norish fee. 1483 (BL Add. 89074) (1881) 257 A nurische house [?c1475 BL Add. 15562 nuryschowse], alumpnaria. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). nourishv. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French noris-, norrir. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French noris-, noriss-, nuris-, nuriss-, etc., extended stem (compare -ish suffix2) of Anglo-Norman and Old French, Middle French nurrir, nurir, nourrir, nourir, norrir, norir, etc. (French nourrir) to rear, nurture (late 10th cent.), to feed a newborn child (mid 11th cent.), to feed an animal (late 12th cent.), to foster, cherish (end of the 12th cent.), to provide with food (13th cent.), to take nourishment from (late 15th cent.), to provide with spiritual nourishment (mid 16th cent.) < classical Latin nūtrīre to rear, nurture, to breastfeed, to supply (a person, animal, or plant) with food, to foster, promote (a feeling, condition), probably < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit snu- to emit fluid, yield milk. Compare Italian nutrire (1306; late 13th cent. as nodrire, nudrire), Spanish nutrir (1623; early 13th cent. as nodrir; early 14th cent. as nudrir), Portuguese nutrir (1651; late 13th cent. as nodrir). I. Senses relating to nurture. 1. society > education > upbringing > [verb (transitive)] α. c1300 St. Martin (Laud) 2 in C. Horstmann (1887) 449 (MED) Seint Martyn..was i-noriced in þe londe of papie. c1300 St. John Evangelist (Laud) 372 in C. Horstmann (1887) 413 (MED) Þis bischop nam þis Ioliue man and ladde hom to is inne And norichcede [a1325 Corpus Cambr. norissyde] him softe and wel. c1395 G. Chaucer 399 It ne semed nat by liklynesse that she was born and fed in rudenesse..But norissed in an emperoures halle. a1425 (a1382) (Corpus Oxf.) 1 Tim. v. 10 If she norische sones, if she resseyue pore men to herbore. ?c1450 (1891) 2516 He noryscht me þan In Mailros mynster many ȝere. a1475 in A. Clark (1905) i. 78 The fore-seyd katerine sholde be delyuerd to hem to be norysshyd & to be made mynchon in the same place. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart I. cccxiv. 482 He..left the yonger [daughter] styll in Englande, wheras she had been brought vp and norisshed. 1581 J. Hamilton Epist. f. 4 Hou tenderlie all his forbearis var norishit in the bosome of ye Catholik kirk. ?a1600 (a1500) Sc. Troy Bk. (Cambr.) l. 387 in C. Horstmann (1882) II. 240 The Cite..which-Ine he Was norysshede wp. c1300 St. Dunstan (Laud) 22 in C. Horstmann (1887) 20 Þo þis child was i-bore..huy leten hit do to Glastingburi, to norischci and to fede. c1325 (c1300) (Calig.) 6453 To þe king of hongri þis seli children tueie He sende uor to norisi [B: norischi]. 1490 (1962) 12 Blanchardyn, the chylde, was taken in to the handes of a right noble lady of the lande for to norysshe and bryngen vp. a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xxvi. 16 Oure lord..takis me to norysch and to rewle, as fadire and modire. the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > affectionately or tenderly c1300 St. Theophilus (Laud) 117 in C. Horstmann (1887) 291 (MED) Ich louie muche cristine Men, And norichi heom al-so. c1475 tr. A. Chartier (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 163 (MED) Thay..rauissh by force the lyf and substance of your wifes and children, whiche nature constraineth you switely to noryssh and tendrely to loue. 1535 1 Kings i. 4 She was a very fayre damsell, and noryshed ye kynge, and serued him. 1568 A. Scott (1896) xv. 22 My lady..Wtin myne armes I nureiss on the nycht. 1340 (1866) 130 (MED) Þe man þengþ..in huiche zorȝes he wes ynorissed, ine huet trauail he heþ yleued. a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer (Hunterian) 5466 This Fortune..With men whanne hir lust to dwelle..norishith hem in ignoraunce. a1450 (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 52 (MED) Þis olde man is þat is geten in synne, born in synne, norischid in synne. c1485 ( G. Hay (2005) 64 Faderis..quhilk norist thair barnis ay the mare jn vicis. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) xix. 164 His men ar worthyn all sa wicht For lang vsage of gret fechting, That has beyne norist in sic thing. a1500 tr. A. Chartier (Rawl.) (1974) 156 (MED) O ye agid pompis, rootid and noryshed in delices. 1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece (1938) i. 28 He tuke ferme purpos to nuris his pepill in gud maneris. a1578 R. Lindsay (1899) I. 138 Ane Inglischeman..nureist and brocht wpe all his dayis in lieing and mischeif. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta vi. x. 452 Men of great agilitie,..whome they did nourish in this exercise of running from their youth. 1796 F. Burney IV. viii. xi. 399 Conduct as mischievous in its effects, and as wide from artlessness in its appearance, as if she had been brought up and nourished in fashionable egotism. 1837 M. Shelley III. xviii. 278 He..acknowledged the homely feeling, with the sincerity of a man who had never been nourished in false refinements or factitious woes. 1885 F. Miller (1910) 204 ‘My young babe's in my arms,’ she says, ‘That was nouriced in shame and sin.’ 1913 H. P. Cameron tr. Thomas à Kempis xxiv Blyther nor gin it hed been nouriced i' delichts. 2000 21 Jan. d10 Both have been nourished in their political affiliation from the cradle. the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > rear animals [verb (transitive)] c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 267 in C. Horstmann (1887) 307 He fierde ase doth a port-doggue I-norischet in port-toun. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 273v An Oxeherde..feedeþ and norissheþ oxen. c1450 (1883) 37 Ye shall besye yourselfe to nouryssh the game in all that ye maye. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 487 Sum men sais ȝeit that the kyng As a strecour hym nwrist had. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 225 Amonge al bestis that bene nuryshid..by witte of man, the femalis bene..lyghtiste to teche. 1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster sig. Gij In whose honour he nourisheth a ramme al that yeare. 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau f. 104v He was forsaken of all the world, and void of humaine succors, except a dogge, which he had norished and brought vp. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta iii. ix. 144 Such as nourish silkewormes, have great care to shut their windowes, whenas the South-west windes do blow. c1626 H. Bisset (1920) I. 45 They sall nother nureis hors nor houndis. 1658 N. Billinglsey v. 33 Th'Hedg Sparrow norisheth the Cucko's eggs. the world > life > the body > hair > [verb (transitive)] > grow c1384 (Douce 369(2)) 1 Cor. xi. 15 If a womman norische long heer, it is glorie to hir. 1582 xi Doth not even nature itself teach man indeed, if he nourish his hair, it is a shame unto him? a1586 Sir P. Sidney liv I breathe not loue to euery one,..Nor nourish speciall lock of vowed haire. 1603 R. Knolles 235 Which [hair] his mother comming of the race of Sampson..willed him to nourish. 1615 G. Sandys 3 They nourish onely a locke of haire on the crowne of their heads. 1650 J. Bulwer 53 For which cause they [sc. the Irish] nourish long Fealt-locks hanging down to their shoulders. 1712 A. Pope Rape of Locke i, in 357 This Nymph, to the Destruction of Mankind, Nourish'd two Locks, which graceful hung behind In equal Curls. 1773 R. Graves I. ii. iv. 61 This alone therefore would have been a sufficient reason for his omitting to be shaved, and nourishing his own hair. 1807 J. Robinson iv. vii. 364 The soldiers of the cavalry..were forbidden by a law to nourish their hair and to live delicately. 1854 G. Bush 216 The men are shaved, the women nourish their hair with great fondness which they lengthen by tresses and tufts of silk down to the heels. the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivate plants or crops [verb (transitive)] a1500 (?a1400) (Harl. 3909) (1926) 1052 (MED) Fro þat time Crist suffret payn..Iewes haden neuer myȝt ne mayn to norisch corn in no cuntre. ?1530 J. Fitzherbert (rev. ed.) f. xlii In many places bothe ye lordes freholders & tenauntes at wyl set such wethyes and pepelers in marshe grounde to nourysshe wode. 1555 R. Eden tr. S. von Herberstein Rerum moscouiticarum commentarii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria f. 292v They sowe and narysshe the seades of melons with greate diligence. 1590 Edinb. Test. XXI. f. 260, in at Nuris That thai..hald vp the dykis and nureis the planting. c1625 in (1882) vi. 235 Noe person..to nourish or suffer to growe aboue the number of ten leaues at the most vpon any one stalk. 1669 J. Worlidge iv. 42 Turneps... This be a Plant usually nourisht in Gardens, and be properly a Garden Plant. 1727 A. Hamilton II. xxxix. 82 There is little Corn or Pulse grows in this Country but what is nourisht in Gardens. 1792 R. Burns (1968) II. 605 It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree. II. Senses relating to nourishment or sustenance. 5. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > maintain life with food c1300 Childhood Jesus (Laud) 1552 in C. Horstmann (1875) 1st Ser. 52 (MED) Þare was sik a riche man..Þat was wel i norisched And swiþe softeliche i fed. 1340 (1866) 167 (MED) Þe viss..ine þe trauailinde wetere him baþeþ and norisseþ. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 319 If þe melk is wel digest, it norischeþ [L. probebit..nutrimentum] wel þe body and makeþ good blood. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 210 (MED) Þere bigynnen two arteries..oon..bringiþ blood to þe lunge, bi whom he is norischid. a1425 J. Wyclif (1869) I. 376 Þis modir haþ conseyved Crist, and norisiþ Crist wiþinne hir. c1475 (?c1400) (1842) 92 Þe tokunnis of miraclis..were only necessary þat sche schuld growe to þe feiþ, norischid wiþ miraclis. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 237 Thegh the body may not alway endure, hit may endure longe tyme, yf the kynde of man be Well y-noryschid. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 38 The multytude of pepul..plentuously nuryschyd wyth abundance of al thyngys. 1549 (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. lxxx Increase in vs true religion, norishe vs with all goodnes. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay i. xviii. 21 Palm trees: of the fruit of which trees, the more part of the inhabitants..are nourished. 1651 T. Hobbes ii. xxiv. 130 Naturall Bloud..circulating, nourisheth by the way, every Member of the Body of Man. 1690 J. Locke iv. xvi. 339 We see Animals are generated, nourished, and move... These..Effects we see and know: but the causes that operate..we can only guess. 1762 A. Dickson i. iii. 31 Some kinds of animals,..such as horses, cows, and sheep, are nourished by the same food. 1796 R. Bage xxvii. 238 I presume I may be warmed with an American sun, and be nourished by American food, as well as yourself. 1820 P. B. Shelley 139 An hundred tribes nourished on strange religions And lawless slaveries. 1841 T. R. Jones xxviii. §580. 532 Being hatched internally, the offspring are nourished in receptacles provided for the purpose. 1876 J. S. Blackie 232 Thy mother..by whose care All the household fed and nourished Stands so firm. a1933 J. A. Thomson (1934) I. xix. 495 In most of the hound-sharks (Mustelus) and in the blue-sharks (Carcharias) the unborn fish is nourished by an attachment to the wall of the mother's oviduct. 1992 Jan. 47 (advt.) The unique combination of VITEX, Dong Quai, and other herbs helps balance, nourish and tone your body. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > suckle a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1959) Exod. ii. 7 Wylt þou..þat I go & clepe to þe a womman of hebrew þat may norisch þe chylde? c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Matt. xxiv. 19 Wo to wymmen with childe and noryschinge in tho dayes. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 232 Letuse..makeþ ofte mylk in wommen þat norisshiþ and feediþ children. a1400 (a1325) (Vesp.) 12337 Þar..Lai a leoness..Norisand hir quelpes. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xv. 459 (MED) Þe cow þorw kynde mylke þe calf norissheth til an oxe. 1485 (Caxton) i. iii–v. sig. a.iij So sir Ectors wyf nourysshed hym with her owne pappe. a1500 (?c1450) 15 (MED) Therfore was the moder suffred to norishe it tell it was x monthes of age. 1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More sig. Ki The chylde that is nouryshed euer after taketh hys nource for his owne naturall mother. 1588 R. Greene sig. Hv The Syren Venus nourist in hir lap Faire Adon. 1596–7 in J. Stuart (1841) I. 93 Thou..desyrit thair mother that thou micht hef the said John Collisoun to foster and nwriche, quha, knawing thi milk was neir away, refusit. 1674 in W. G. Scott-Moncrieff (1905) II. 211 That she nurished the child and that it died. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 158v A drope..fediþ and norissheþ rotes and seedes. a1425 J. Wyclif (1869) I. 96 (MED) Wete somers nurishen siche tares. ?a1425 (c1400) (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 105 Dyamandes..ben norysscht with the dew of heuene. ?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton (Harl. 6579) i. xxxii. f. 19v Th.e prest schal ilke a day at morne leyen to stikkes an norisch þe fir. a1500 (?a1400) (Harl. 3909) (1926) 8690 (MED) Oyl..norisshes light be kynd. a1550 ( G. Ripley (Bodl. e Mus.) f. 56v Mineralls be nourisshid by mynistracione Of moistures radicall which their begynyng was. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta iii. xxi. 188 Yet this mist is wonderfull profitable to bring forth grasse, and to raise vp and nourish the seede. 1658 N. Billingsley ii. 13 It is the earth doth norish The never fading Palms; the beautious Firre Streight as an arrow; and the red'lent Myrrhe. 1667 J. Milton v. 183 Aire, and ye Elements..that..mix And nourish all things. View more context for this quotation 1762 A. Dickson iii. 13 That plants are actually nourished by earth; that they are also nourished by water. 1785 W. Cowper vi. 36 Threat'ning at once and nourishing the plant. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier (abridged ed.) 7 They also nourish the solids by the interposition of their particles. 1872 J. Tyndall 95 Were you to stand upon the mountain slopes which nourish the glacier [etc.]. 1943 G. K. Fraser I. 3 The remains of plants nourished on rich soils..will be able to support a greater bacterial population than those of plants grown on poor or impoverished soils. 1999 Jan. 6/2 Dumping the dredged spoil..can deprive the estuary of the sediment it needs to nourish the saltmarshes and mudflats valuable for wildlife. society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with skins > work with skins [verb (transitive)] > other processes 1884 38 The skins..are then put into a mixture of water, flour, yelk of eggs, alum, and salt..to be ‘nourished’. 1884 16 May 4/1 After it [sc. the kid-skin] has been unhaired, dressed, nourished, staked. 6. To provide with food or sustenance; ( gen.) to maintain, support, provide for. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] c1384 (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xii. 20 Men of Tyre and of Sidon..camen to him, and..thei axiden pees, for that her cuntrees weren norisched [a1425 L.V. vitailid] or susteyned, by him. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. 7 (MED) The seide kynge..was movede to leve that faste and to norische a c poore men that day. c1500 (1895) 111 Counseylle the pouere wydowes, nourysshe or doo to be norysshed the pouere orphenyns. 1581 G. Pettie tr. S. Guazzo (1586) ii. 105 b With one Art onely, I nourish my selfe, my wife, and children. 1611 Gen. xlv. 11 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen..And there wil I nourish thee. 1755 B. Franklin (1987) 421 And God said, Have I born with him these hundred ninety and eight Years, and nourished him, and cloathed him, notwithstanding his Rebellion against me? 1841 R. W. Emerson ii. I shall endeavour to nourish my parents, to support my family, to be the chaste husband of one wife. 1847 J. Yeowell v. 48 He publicly protected and nourished the church in Britain. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 170v Some dyches ben full of water, and þer ynne y-norysshede fysshe and..wormes of dyuers kynde. ?a1425 (Egerton) (1889) 50/15 (MED) It es called þe Deed See for..it bringes furth ne nurischez na qwikk thing. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk (Gough) (1905) 184 (MED) Ion..ete a maner of wormys þat byn noriched yn þat desert among erbys. a1538 T. Starkey (1989) 49 Wher as befor tyme hath byn nuryschyd much gud & chrystyan pepul, now you schal fynd no thyng maynteynyd but wyld & brute bestys. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay i. xii. 14 [The country] nourisheth & pastoureth in the valley a great number of oxen. 1634 T. Herbert 23 Of these Jles Chomroe..nourishes a people treacherous and least sociable. 1655 I. Walton (ed. 2) i. 21 But to passe by the mighty Elephant, which the Earth breeds and nourisheth. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil 77 Our Land is from the Rage of Tygers freed, Nor nourishes the Lyon's angry Seed. View more context for this quotation 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella viii. xvi A rocky sea nourishes fishes of its own name,..as the merle, the sea-thrush, and the sea-bream. 1829 J. Hogg in W. B. Scoones (1880) 421 The hills of Westmoreland that can nourish nothing better than a castrill or stone-chat! 1838 18 525 The sea..nourishes an inexhaustive store of shells. 1919 L. Binyon Orphans of Flanders in 58 Where is the land that fathered, nourished, poured The sap of a strong race into your veins. 1983 P. St. Pierre Day with Deer, Bear & Norah Smith in (1985) 53 A piece of bottom land beside Soap Lake Creek, which was big enough to nourish a Nubian goat and a Newfoundland dog but not much more. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus (BL Add.) f. 211v Þe more medicinal þat a plaunte is, þe lasse he norissheþ. a1400 tr. Lanfranc (Ashm.) (1894) 210 (MED) Þe v cause is if þe enpostym be in þe þrote..or nyȝ ony lyme þat norischeth. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac (Hunterian) f. 70 (MED) Oþer veynes..mowe bere nutritiue blode oþer blode þat norisscheþ fro þe liuer to þe vtter partie of þe Reynes. 1541 T. Elyot (new ed.) ii. xi. 29 The greattest loues do norishe moste faste, for as muche as the fyre hath not exhausted the moisture of them. 1550 N. Udall tr. P. M. Vermigli q. 2v The veray substaunce of the bread and not the shape of the breade dooeth nourishe. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach iii. f. 146 Sheepes milke is sweeter, and nourisheth more. 1626 F. Bacon §45 As Graines and Roots nourish more, than the Leaues. 1667 J. Milton v. 325 Save what by frugal storing firmness gains To nourish, and superfluous moist consumes. View more context for this quotation 1733 C. Johnson v. 56 'Tis the soft Manna that descends and nourishes, and keeps us from Despair and Death. 1785 E. Perronet 143 Consider who hath made us twain,..His hand the same that each provides With that which nourishes or hides. 1847 G. Lippard v. 410 Not from these rocks, covered with rank moss, shall grow the bread that nourishes. a1849 J. C. Mangan Breadth & Depth in (1903) 240 Look at yon tree..Not in its leaves, though all odour and brilliancy, Seek we the sweet fruit that nourishes. 1960 T. Hughes Otter in (1995) 53 The otter belongs In double robbery and concealment..From water that nourishes and drowns, and from land That gave him his length. 1991 E. H. Spitz i. 17 Magritte..suggests a harvest for the eyes rather than the mouth, a harvest that can never truly nourish. 2000 24 July i. 3/5 Forget about love that nourishes. Forget about food that satiates. the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > receive nourishment a1450 (1969) l. 2283 To norysch fayre þou þou be fawe, Abstynens it schal wythdrawe. 1595 T. Edwards L'Envoy v By his toile we do nourish And by him are inlarg'd. 1607 G. Wilkins 2805 Then husbands thus shal norish with their wiues. 1626 F. Bacon §544 By the Coldnesse of the Ground,..the Plants nourish lesse. 1626 F. Bacon §602 Plants doe nourish; Inanimate Bodies doe not; They have an Accretion, but no Alimentation. the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > supply (needs or wants) 1568 A. Scott (1896) xxvi. 57 Thay wald men nvreist all thair neidis. III. Senses relating to thoughts or emotions. 10. the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > furtherance > further [verb (transitive)] α. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 1840 in C. Horstmann (1887) 159 Þe kniȝtes..beden him..to norisi loue with is felawes. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham (1902) 95 Glotenye..norysseþ lecherye. 1389 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 45 (MED) A fraternite is bygonne of good men..to noriche more loue bytwene þe bretheren & sustren of þe bretherhede. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland (Laud 581) (1869) B. xvi. 33 It norissheth nice siȝtes and some tyme wordes. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 165 Takenge a multitude of yonge men..and lxxx virgynes to norysche multiplicacion. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre (1913) 95 I praye you that ye norisshe pees & concorde to geder. 1528 sig. h.iiijv It is wasted in ryetous revell Amonge many an ydell Iavell To norysshe morther and mischefe. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in (1557) 120/1 Men reken that the clergie is glad to fauour theis waies, & to norishe this supersticion. 1575 T. Churchyard l. 234 No daye stoode free from Fortunes foile, no houre but norrisht fear. 1609 T. Heywood xvi. 418 And whilst these wars were norisht Darius, Xerxes, and Queene Hestor flourisht. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. i. 120 I say they norisht disobedience: fed, the ruin of the State. View more context for this quotation the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > emotional attitude > hold, entertain, or cherish (a feeling) [verb (transitive)] the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > attest, bear witness [verb (transitive)] > support, corroborate a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil (1957) iv. i. 2 Be this the Queyn, throw hevy thochtis onsound, In euery vayn nurysys the greyn wound. 1560 Ecclus. xxviii. 5 If he that is but flesh nourishe hatred, [and aske pardone of God,] who wil intreate for his sinnes? a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. (1823) xxxvii. i [No] envy in thy bosome nourish. a1639 H. Wotton Difference & Disparity Duke of Buckingham & Earl of Essex in (1651) 58 Whether the frenzy was norish'd in the warm brest of yong men. 1642 D. Rogers 14 That wee nourish not a cavilling heart against God in this behalfe. 1682 J. Banks iii. i. 36 O nourish that most kind belief, 'tis sprung From Justice in your Royal Soul. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller tr. J. B. de Molière Man-hater v. i, in X. 121 I shall have a Right to rave against the Iniquity of human Nature, and to nourish an immortal Hatred for it. 1791 W. Cowper 603 Thus some retire to nourish hopeless woe. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in 2nd Ser. I. 34 To think that Catharine Glover nourished the private wish to retire from the world. 1879 J. A. Froude xv. 242 Clodius..nourishing an implacable hate against Cicero. 1915 W. Cather ii. xi. 241 She felt differently toward the house and everything in it, as if the battered old furniture that seemed so kindly..had been nourishing a secret grudge against her. 1990 20 Nov. 41/1 Every American..seemed to nourish an idea that he was doing what he could to overthrow tyranny. 2001 65 449 The diary for 1826 shows..the sort of life to which Students of Christ Church who nourished hopes of becoming canon aspired. 1719 D. Defoe 266 I could find nothing to nourish my Suspicion. 1882 Mar. 686/1 There was..a semblance of truth in its assertion, which..went to nourish and confirm the notion that in some queer way connects our first civil war with the beginning of our social culture. the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > adhere constantly or steadfastly to [verb (transitive)] > make steadfast ?a1425 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius iii. met. vi. 14 Thanne is ther non forlyved wyght..but if he noryssche his corage unto vices. ?c1430 (c1400) in F. D. Matthew (1880) 182 (MED) False confessouris ben þe fendis norisses to norisse mennus soulis in synne & to brynge hem to sathanas. 1530 (Fawkes) (1873) 1st Prol. 1 This holy relygion, which as a mother noryssheth youre soulles in grace. 1555 R. Eden in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Pref. sig. aj The mynde of man..is nurysshed with knowleage. 1651 T. Hobbes i. xi. 49 It [sc. frugality] weakeneth their Endeavour, which is to be nourished and kept in vigor by Reward. 1817 J. Mill II. v. v. 536 A man, who nourished his spirit with the contemplation of ancient heroes. 1859 J. G. Whittier 81 His zeal seemed nourished By failure and by fall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). <  n.1340 v.c1300 |
