nourish

To provide with food or other substances necessary for life and growth; feed.

To foster the development of; promote.

To keep alive; maintain.

To nurse; suckle; bring up, as a child.

To feed; supply (a living or organized body, animal or vegetable) with the material required to repair the waste accompanying the vital processes and to promote growth; supply with nutriment.

To promote the growth or development of in any way; foster; cherish.

To support; maintain, in a general sense; supply the means of support and increase to; encourage.

To bring up; educate; instruct.

To serve to promote growth; be nutritious.

To gain nourishment.