nutrifyv.
/ˈnjuːtrᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈn(j)utrəˌfaɪ/ transitive. To convey nutriment to; to nourish, fill with nourishment (literal and figurative). Also intransitive.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)]
afeedeOE
foddereOE
feedc950
fosterc1175
fooda1225
nourishc1300
nurshc1325
nourishc1384
abechea1393
relievec1425
norrya1450
nurturea1450
pasturec1450
foisonc1485
bield1488
aliment1490
repast1494
nutrifya1500
repatera1522
battle1548
forage1552
nurse1591
substantiate1592
refeed1615
alumnate1656
focillate1656
a1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (BL Add.) 311 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 341 [This quykyng sesoun,] nutrified [and good].
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xvi. 73 In which the golde is truely nutryfyde.
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xx. 95 His propre death him selfe he nutrifyed.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth xi. sig. F.iv The whiche haue ben nourisshed or nutryfyde with suche breade.
1595 G. Chapman Ouids Banquet of Sence (1639) 3 And with fit foode her Plants did nutrifie.
1601 E. Guilpin Whipper of Satyre sig. B2v Thy Yron lasting braine, Whom sacred Trueth doth dayly nutrifie.
1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 144 The wine..doth not only breed good blood, but it nutrifieth also.
1855 Littell's Living Age 14 July 66/2 Then put it into a vessel containing some soap suds; this will nutrify the roots, and keep the flowers bright as new.
1879 Expositor 9 83 That which in one quietly and pleasantly nutrifies, in another deranges and defiles.
1936 Science 13 Nov. 438/2 We still feel that the use of the suffix trophon has the advantage of specifying the type of food which nutrifies various mud-eaters.
2001 J. Wolcott Catsitters xl. 260 I massaged it into her fur to nutrify her coat.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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