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NUTRIFY
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they nutrify ... he / she / it nutrifies
Past simple: nutrified
-ing form: nutrifying
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Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
nutrient (any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue)
nutrition ((physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance)