I.to bring up, to nourish, feed, support (rare and not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “puerum sub antris,” Ov. M. 4, 289: “purpurae lutense genus,” Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131: platanum, id. 12, 1, 4, § 8.—
II. Trop., to promote, nourish: “unde origines aedificiorum sint institutae, et quibus rationibus enutritae et progressae sint gradatim ad hanc finitionem,” Vitr. 2, 1 fin.: “ingenia,” Quint. 8 prooem. 2: “verbis fidei,” Vulg. 1 Tim. 4, 6.