Nur″ture (?), n. [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture, norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See Nourish.] 1. The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care; education; training.
A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.
2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.