nurtured

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
3. all the environmental factors, collectively, to which one is subjected from conception onward, as distinguished from one's nature or heredity

transitive verb nurtured, nurturing

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