"nursle" meaning in English

See nursle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈnəːs(ə)l/ [UK] Forms: nursles [present, singular, third-person], nursling [participle, present], nursled [participle, past], nursled [past]
Etymology: Alteration of nuzzle, after nurse. Head templates: {{en-verb}} nursle (third-person singular simple present nursles, present participle nursling, simple past and past participle nursled)
  1. (now rare, archaic) To nurture, train, raise (a person). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-nursle-en-verb-9Q2yNaFa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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