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Definition of Nourished
1. Adjective. Being provided with adequate nourishment.
Antonyms: Malnourished
Definition of Nourished
1. Verb. (past of nourish) ¹
2. Adjective. fed ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nourished
1. nourish [v] - See also: nourish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nourished
Literary usage of Nourished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Feeding Experiments with Isolated Food-substances by Thomas Burr Osborne, Lafayette Benedict Mendel, Edna Louise Ferry (1911)
"Fleischner concludes from his measurements of 500 children of whom 25 per cent
were well nourished, 35 per cent fairly well nourished, and 40 per cent ..."
2. School Feeding: Its History and Practice at Home and Abroad by Louise Frances (Stevens) Bryant (1913)
"... schools 8149 1379—17% 806—10% 20 schools 10180 1989—19% 1173—ll% It will be
noted that 1989 were badly nourished and 1173 were verv badly nourished. ..."
3. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"The normally nourished rat practically never destroys her young, ... A Poorly
Nourished Population Tends to Be the Product of Individuals Young in Years. ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"It appears that when the person is well nourished (fat) at the beginning of the
fast, the excretion of acetone bodies is marked. This was the case in Succi. ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1887)
"Sidney said in commending him to the merchants adventurers in this expedition : '
I rejoice in myself that I have nourished and maintained that wit, ..."
6. The Bookman (1903)
"A revolutionary spirit was rising within him, called forth and nourished by the
great political events of and, prompting him to fervent sympathy with the ..."
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