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"word": "cura"
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"word": "educazione"
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"word": "addestramento"
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"word": "cuidado"
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"text": "2009, UNESCO, The United Nations World Water Development Report – N° 3 - 2009 – Freshwater and International Law (the Interplay between Universal, Regional and Basin Perspectives), page 10, →ISBN\nThe relationships between universal norms and specific norms nurture the development of international law."
}
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"word": "fördern"
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"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "voranbringen"
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"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "incoraggiare"
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"word": "alimentare"
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"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "curare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ikusei-suru",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "育成する"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Mandarin",
"roman": "yǎngyù",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "养育"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "taute"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "whāngai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "ahu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "poipoi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "criar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to nourish or nurse",
"word": "nutrir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "favoriser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "alimenter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "fördern"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "voranbringen"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "incoraggiare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "favorire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "figuratively, to encourage",
"word": "alimentare"
}
],
"word": "nurture"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "nurture",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Middle English",
"lang_code": "enm",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "norture"
}
],
"categories": [
"Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
"Middle English lemmas",
"Middle English nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of norture"
],
"links": [
[
"norture",
"norture#Middle English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"word": "nurture"
}
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