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Definition of Nourishing

1. Adjective. Of or providing nourishment. "Good nourishing stew"

Definition of Nourishing

1. a. Promoting growth; nutritious,

Definition of Nourishing

1. Adjective. That provides nourishment; nutritious ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nourishing

1. nourish [v] - See also: nourish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nourishing

Literary usage of Nourishing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ecumenical Missionary Conference, New York, 1900 by Ecumenical conference on foreign missions, New York, 1900 (1900)
"CHAPTER XXXV SELF-SUPPORT OF NATIVE CHURCHES The Principle—A Self-sustaining, Self-nourishing, Self-propagating Church— The Situation as to Self-support in ..."

2. The Native Races of the Pacific States of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"THE MOTHER OB ALL-nourishing GODDESS UNDER VARIOUS NAMES AND IN VARIOUS ... others seem to have originated in the mother-like nourishing qualities ..."

3. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1909)
"OTHER METHODS OF nourishing THE BODY. Food suppositories have been suggested, but their use is open to many objections, the chief one, they may not be ..."

4. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"THE reader cannot but notice the singular aptitude possessed by the oak-tree for nourishing galls. No part of the tree seems to escape the presence of a ..."

5. The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Taoism by James Legge (1891)
"Yang Shang A'u, or ' nourishing the Lord of Life1.' 1. There is a limit to our life, but to knowledge there is no limit. With what is limited to pursue ..."

6. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"... dependent on the varying aspects of the maize at different stages of its growth; others seem to have originated in the mother-like nourishing qualities ..."

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