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(verb) help develop, help grow |
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Synonyms: foster |
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Related Words: encourage, patronage, patronize, serve, support |
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(verb) provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water" |
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Synonyms: nourish, sustain |
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Related Words: carry, cater, ply, provide, supply |
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(noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child |
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Synonyms: raising, rearing |
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Related Words: upbringing |
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(verb) bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" |
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Synonyms: bring up, parent, raise, rear |
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Related Words: cradle, fledge, foster |
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(noun) raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" |
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Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, nurturing, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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Related Words: acculturation, socialisation, socialization |
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