alimentar

v. feed, nourish; nurture

v. feed, nurture; diet; foster, nourish; fare, forage

food ...
alimentarycanal alimentar anat. = alimentary canal
pensie alimentară = alimony
pensie alimentară = alimentary allowance
regim alimentar = dietary
regim alimentar = alimentary regimen
substanţe alimentare = alimentary / alimental substances

= feed, fuel, nurture, nourish, stoke.
Ex: The computer merely needs to be fed with the source documents and their citation, and with the appropriate software, will generate the indexes.
Ex: This is in line with recent trends in the historical sciences generally fuelled by the feeling that in the past historians did not pay enough attention to what is, after all, the majority of humanity.
Ex: Studying the leisure reading preferences of teens can help library media specialists develop collections and programs that nurture a lifelong love of reading.
Ex: The library's mission must be further nourished and refined, for philosophy is not an idle pastime -- it is a foundation and rationale for human endeavor.
Ex: The media have regularly stoked public feelings of shame by affirming that English football fans are synonymous with hooliganism, overlooking the fact that not all fans are 'hooligans'.
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* alimentar a la fuerza = force-feed.
* alimentar datos = populate.
* alimentar el espíritu = refresh + the spirit.
* alimentar el odio = fuel + hatred.
* alimentar la esperanza = nurture + hope.
* alimentarse = graze (on).
* alimentarse de = thrive on, feast on, prey on/upon.