ē-nūtrio, īvi or ii, ītum, 4, v. a., to bring up, to nourish, feed, support (rare and not ante-Aug.). Lit.: puerum sub antris, Ov. M. 4, 289: purpurae lutense genus, Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 131: platanum, id. 12, 1, 4, § 8.

— 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.