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What is the definition and primary meaning of the word “nurture”?
It's the word of the day podcast for August eighth. Today's word is nurture, spelled N-U-R-T-U-R-E. Nurture is a verb. Nurture is most often used to mean to help someone or something grow, develop, or succeed.
How is “nurture” used in real‑world examples like community parks?
It could also mean to take care of someone or something that is growing or developing by providing food protection,
a place to live, etc, or to hold something such as an idea or strong feeling in
your mind for a long time. Here's the word used in a sentence from the park record of Park City, Utah. Parks are good for people, they nurture community, even alongside busy roads and next to dense housing, especially there, in fact. When nurture was first adopted from Anglo French into English in the fourteenth century, it referred as it does in the phrase nurture versus nature, to training or upbringing, that is, to the care and attention given to someone or something that is growing or developing.
What is the historical origin and evolution of the verb “nurture”?
It wasn't until a century later that the verb nurture settled into the language, first with meanings having to do with feeding and caring for the people. For young, meaning nourish had been nurturing for a hundred years. The words come by their overlapping meanings etymologically. Both come from the Latin verb nutire, meaning to suckle or to nourish.
How did Mary Wollstonecraft apply the concept of “nurture” in her writings?
The figurative use of nurture meaning to further the development of followed centuries later. Mary Wollstonecraft applied it in her seventeen ninety two book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, writing public spirit must be nurtured by private virtue. With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the definition and primary meaning of the word “nurture”?
0:06–0:24
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How is “nurture” used in real‑world examples like community parks?
0:24–1:11
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What is the historical origin and evolution of the verb “nurture”?
1:11–1:34
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How did Mary Wollstonecraft apply the concept of “nurture” in her writings?
1:34–2:06