noun

1. anything that nourishes; food; nutriment
2. the act or process of raising or promoting the development of; training, educating, fostering, etc.
   also nurturance nur′·tur·ance
3. all the environmental factors, collectively, to which one is subjected from conception onward, as distinguished from one's nature or heredity

Etymology: ME < OFr norreture < LL nutritura, pp. of L nutrire, to nourish: see nurse

transitive verb nurtured -·tured, nurturing -·tur·ing

1. to feed or nourish
2. 1. to promote the development of
   2. to raise by educating, training, etc.