Both Uses of
nurture
in
Gone with the Wind
- No, it is one of my most priceless memories—a delicately nurtured Southern belle with her Irish up— You are very Irish, you know.†
Chpt 2.9 *
- That's what all our delicately nurtured and pure-minded Southern ladies think.†
Chpt 3.19
Definition:
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(nurture) help develop or groweditor's notes: A particular sense of nurture is often contrasted with a particular sense of nature.
In the comparison, nurture refers to external influences on a person's development such as being loved, cared for, and taught. Nature in contrast refers to the inherent genetic influences on a person's development.
Studies of identical twins who grew up in different homes are used to better understand the influences of each.