Definition of nurse

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Nurse (v. t.) To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention..

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Nurse :: Nurse (n.) A lieutenant or first officer, who is the real commander when the captain is unfit for his place..
Nourish :: Nourish (n.) A nurse.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To manage with care and economy, with a view to increase; as, to nurse our national resources..
Rosery :: Rosery (n.) A place where roses are cultivated; a nursery of roses. See Rosary, 1..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The act of nursing.
Fostress :: Fostress (n.) A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse.
Nurser :: Nurser (n.) One who nurses; a nurse; one who cherishes or encourages growth.
Upbreed :: Upbreed (v. t.) To rear, or bring up; to nurse..
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) That which forms and educates; as, commerce is the nursery of seamen..
Seminary :: Seminary (n.) A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat.
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon..
Cr/che :: Cr/che (n.) A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work..
Fondle :: Fondle (v.) To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To caress; to fondle, as a nurse does..
Patient :: Patient (n.) A person under medical or surgical treatment; -- correlative to physician or nurse.
Drynurse :: Drynurse (v. t.) To feed, attend, and bring up without the breast..
Nurstle :: Nurstle (v. t.) To nurse. See Noursle.
Nursling :: Nursling (n.) One who, or that which, is nursed; an infant; a fondling..
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors..
Ayah :: Ayah (n.) A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid..
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