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Of or pertaining
to a noun.

Verbs which in whole or in part have shed their old
nounal coat.

Earle.

Noun"ize (?), v. t. To change (an
adjective, verb, etc.) into a noun. Earle.

Nour"ice (?), n. A nurse.
[Obs.] Spenser.

Nour"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Nourished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Nourishing.] [OE. norisen, norischen, OF.
nurir, nurrir, norir, F. norrir, fr. L.
nutrire. Cf. Nurse, Nutriment, and see -
ish.]

1. To feed and cause to grow; to supply with
matter which increases bulk or supplies waste, and promotes health;
to furnish with nutriment.

He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish
it.

Is. xliv. 14.

2. To support; to maintain.

Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty
band.

Shak.

3. To supply the means of support and
increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish
rebellion; to nourish the virtues.

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