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Definition of Give suck
1. Verb. Give suck to. "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
Related verbs: Suck
Generic synonyms: Feed, Give
Antonyms: Bottlefeed
Derivative terms: Lactation, Lactation, Lactation, Nurse, Nursery, Nursing, Suck, Sucker
Definition of Give suck
1. Verb. (archaic) To suckle; to give milk from the breast (to). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Give Suck
Literary usage of Give suck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"After these two buffaloes give suck to this female calf, ... It is when the two
buffaloes give suck to one female calf that we say w'id o kos or o kos ïr ..."
2. The Apocalypse Explained According to the Spiritual Sense: In which the by Emanuel Swedenborg (1894)
"Because " to bear in the belly " and " to give suck with the breasts " signify
the regeneration of man, as has been said above, the Lord answered, ..."
3. Notes on the Gospels, critical and explanatory by Melancthon Williams Jacobus (1862)
"19 And 17 woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those
days ! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the ..."
4. Debate on the Destiny of the Wicked by George Thomas Carpenter, John Hughes (1875)
"child, and to them that give suck in those days I But pray ye that your (light
be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath day ; for then shall be great ..."
5. Memoirs of John Evelyn ...: Comprising His Diary, from 1641-1705-6. And a by John Evelyn (1871)
"Here are 40 nurses who give suck to such children as are accidentaly found expos'd
and abandon'd. In another quarter are children of bigger growth, ..."
6. Expositions on the Book of Psalms by Augustine (1850)
"But woe to them that are with child, and that ' give suck in those days! ...
Who are those with child, and who give suck ? Those who are with child, ..."
7. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Churchby Augustine, John Chrysostom by Augustine, John Chrysostom (1888)
"But woe to them that are with child, and that give suck in those days ! ...
Who are those with child, and who give suck? Those who are with child, ..."
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