0 present participle of nurture --
1 to take care of, feed, and protect someone or something, especially young children or plants, and help him, her, or it to develop: --
2 to have a particular emotion, plan, or idea for a long time: --
But it was the symbolism of women's capacity to nurture small children that really resonated with the dream of the nurturing state.
She is also credited with nurturing aspects, though these attributes are not always at the forefront of her character.
Some foster care interventions focus upon infants' needs for stable, consistent, nurturing care.
Treatment is obligatory when it is the most likely means for nurturing whatever development is possible.
To her dying day she never ceased acquiring and nurturing contacts at the royal court and beyond in an effort to achieve her goals.
This analysis seems unfair, however, given the circumstances of a marriage that began with and developed into, as all evidence suggests, a mutually nurturing partnership.
This finding fits with previously noted arguments that diminutives signal a child-centred, nurturing and intimate environment.
The nurturing conditions under which the brain finishes its development are shaped by a culture that conforms to a 'socially agreed' set of values.
