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1. That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South. 2.

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1. That which nourishes; anything which promotes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South. 2. That which promotes development or growth. Is not virtue in mankind The nutriment that feeds the mind Swift.

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  • LIVINGLY
    In a living state. Sir T. Browne.
  • LIVELY
    1. Endowed with or manifesting life; living. Chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves. Holland. 2. Brisk; vivacious; active; as, a lively youth. But wherefore comes old Manoa in such haste, With youthful steps Much livelier
  • SUPPORTABLE
    Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
  • LIVRAISON
    A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
  • LIVINGNESS
    The state or quality of being alive; possession of energy or vigor; animation; quickening.
  • LIVED
    Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.
  • LIVE
    liven, livien, AS. libban, lifian; akin to OS. libbian, D. leven, G. leben, OHG. lebn, Dan. leve, Sw. lefva, Icel. lifa to live, to be left, to remain, Goth. liban to live; akin to E. leave to forsake, and life, Gr. lip to anoint, smear; -- the
  • ALIMENT
    1. That which nourishes; food; nutriment; anything which feeds or adds to a substance in natural growth. Hence: The necessaries of life generally: sustenance; means of support. Aliments of theiBacon. 2. An allowance for maintenance.
  • SUPPORTATION
    Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
  • ALIMENTALLY
    So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne.
  • AILMENT
    Indisposition; morbid affection of the body; -- not applied ordinarily to acute diseases. "Little ailments." Landsdowne.
  • SUPPRESSOR
    One who suppresses.
  • DISCONTINUE
    To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off. Set up their conventicles again, which had been discontinued. Bp. Burnet. I have discontinued school
  • LIVERWORT
    1. A ranunculaceous plant with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups. 2. A flowerless plant , having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond. Note: From this plant many others of the same
  • LIVING PICTURE
    A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art.
  • REGIMENTALS
    The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense. Colman.
  • SUPPORTFUL
    Abounding with support. Chapman.
  • EXHAUSTION
    An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications
  • REGIMEN
    a systematic course of diet, etc., pursed with a view to improving or preserving the health, or for the purpose of attaining some particular effect, as a reduction of flesh; -- sometimes used synonymously with hygiene. A syntactical relation between
  • CHEERINESS
    The state of being cheery.
  • DELIVERANCE
    Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness. (more info) 1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like;
  • UPCHEER
    To cheer up. Spenser.
  • ASSAILMENT
    The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. His most frequent assailment was the headache. Johnson.
  • REDELIVER
    1. To deliver or give back; to return. Ay 2. To deliver or liberate a second time or again. 3. To report; to deliver the answer of. "Shall I redeliver you e'en so" Shak.
  • OLIVARY
    Like an olive. Olivary body , an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive.
  • OLIVINE
    A common name of the yellowish green mineral chrysolite, esp. the variety found in eruptive rocks.
  • COD LIVER
    The liver of the common cod and allied species. Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.
  • OLIVERIAN
    An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay.
  • DELIVERABLE
    Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.
  • REDELIVERY
    1. Act of delivering back. 2. A second or new delivery or liberation.

 

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