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Aliment

//ˈæ.lɪ.mənt// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Food. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; [...]"

  2. 2
    a source of materials to nourish the body wordnet
  3. 3
    Nourishment, sustenance. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "As when Demosthenes reprehended the people for hearkening to the conditions offered by King Philip, being not honourable nor equal, he saith they were but aliments of their sloth and weakness, which if they were taken away, necessity would teach them stronger resolutions."

  4. 4
    An allowance for maintenance; alimony. Scotland, countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To feed, nourish. obsolete
  2. 2
    give nourishment to wordnet
  3. 3
    To sustain, support.

    "Yet there would also be many – and not simply the powerful and ultra-privileged – who lost out, and whose discontent operated as a kind of political yeast, alimenting ‘unpatriotic’ thoughts and acts."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”).

Etymology 2

From French aliment, from Latin alimentum (“food”).

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