| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·i·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   l  -mnt |
| NOUN: | 1. Something that nourishes; food. 2. Something that supports or sustains. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: al·i·ment·ed, al·i·ment·ing, al·i·ments
(-m nt ) To supply with sustenance, such as food: required by court order to aliment the abandoned family. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin alimentum, from alere, to nourish. See al-2 in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ali·mental (-mntl) —ADJECTIVE
ali·mental·ly —ADVERB
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