Nurture: alternatives and connections

A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

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A provider; a purveyor; a caterer.

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To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

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To bend.

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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

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A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in t…

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Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.

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To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

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Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

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To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

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To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

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One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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of Raise

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of Raise

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of Rear

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of Rear

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of Breed

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To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

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The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.

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of Foster

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To feed and cause to grow; to supply with matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment.

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One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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of Raise

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Early; soon.

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of Rear

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To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight.

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