Nurture

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training. A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.

2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

1. To feed; to nourish.

2. To educate; to bring or train up. He was nurtured where he had been born. Sir H. Wotton.

Synonyms: nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend. Nurture, Nourish, Cherish. Nourish denotes to supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to cherish hopes or affections.