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nurture

Definition for nurture

noun as in development, nourishment

verb as in feed, care for

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Glasner is an intelligent guy and will know that dynamic isn't easily nurtured.

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Dogs are wired to be our protectors and yet, through generations of nurturing, they’ve come to trust that we’ll also protect them.

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He attended Dedza Secondary School, an institution in central Malawi known for nurturing notable politicians, and studied law in the 1960s at the prestigious Yale University in the US.

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Always a sour type who liked to whine that he had always been treated unfairly, he nurtured a long list of grievances against a long list of perceived enemies.

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But Irvine, nurturing the grudge, refused to sell the right of way.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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