Both Uses
nurture
in
Queen of Attolia
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- She had nurtured them from fall through the winter and invested them with the gift of growing that she had from Proas.†
Chpt 9 *nurtured = helped to develop or grow
- If the longing inside her for kindness, for warmth, for compassion, was the last seed of hope for her, she didn't know how to nurture it or if it could live.†
Chpt 21
Definitions:
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(1)
(nurture) help develop or growA 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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)