nursle

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UK/ˈnəːs(ə)l/

verb

To nurture, train, raise (a person).

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Meanings

verbnursle (third-person singular simple present nursles, present participle nursling, simple past and past participle nursled)

present singular third person nursles · participle present nursling · participle past nursled · past nursled

  1. archaicTo nurture, train, raise (a person).

    the late borne childe […] till to ryper yeares he gan aspire, / He noursled vp in life and manners wilde […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Origin

Alteration of nuzzle, after nurse.

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APA

nursle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursle

MLA

“nursle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nursle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nursle.

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