take nourishment

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There is now a little more readiness to take nourishment.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nature herself has undeniably impressed upon man, that she wishes him to take nourishment of different kinds.

From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David

She gave thee her breast but thou couldst not be induced to take nourishment, and so a nurse was procured for thee.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 07 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Various

Eu pa swallow nourish; Dak -pa- nourish papa the nourishment, Min pe swallow, take nourishment.

From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)

Subsequently the patient should be fed by the rectum, but, in the majority of cases, gastrostomy is called for to enable the patient to take nourishment and put the gullet at rest.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander