Tend+in+sickness

  • 11con|tend — «kuhn TEHND», intransitive verb. 1. to work hard against difficulties; fight; struggle: »The first settlers in America had to contend with unfriendly Indians, sickness, and lack of food. Farmers in the 1930 s had to contend against drought and… …

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  • 12nurse — [[t]nɜrs[/t]] n. v. nursed, nurs•ing 1) med a person formally educated and trained in the care of the sick or infirm, esp. a registered nurse 2) a woman who has the general care of a child or children 3) wet nurse 4) ent a worker that attends the …

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  • 13nurse — /nɜs / (say ners) noun 1. a person who has the care of the sick or infirm. 2. → nanny (def. 1). 3. a woman employed to breastfeed an infant; wet nurse. 4. any fostering agency or influence. 5. a worker that attends the young in a colony of social …

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  • 15nurse — v. a. 1. Nourish, nurture, supply with nourishment. 2. Suckle, feed at the breast, give suck to, nourish at the breast. 3. Cherish, foster, encourage, succor, promote, foment, fester, feed, pamper. 4. Tend in sickness, care for, take care of,… …

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  • 16illness — Sickness; disease. For some purposes inclusive of both severe and slight attacks, even attacks of a less grave and serious character than a disease. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co. v Union Trust Co. 112 US 250, 259, 28 L Ed 708, 712, 5 S Ct 119.… …

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  • 17illness — Sickness, disease or disorder of body or mind. In insurance law, a disease or ailment of such a character as to affect the general soundness and healthfulness of the system seriously, and not a mere temporary indisposition which does not tend to… …

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  • 18illness — Sickness, disease or disorder of body or mind. In insurance law, a disease or ailment of such a character as to affect the general soundness and healthfulness of the system seriously, and not a mere temporary indisposition which does not tend to… …

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  • 19social security — 1. (usually caps.) a program of old age, unemployment, health, disability, and survivors insurance maintained by the U.S. federal government through compulsory payments by specific employer and employee groups. 2. the theory or practice of… …

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  • 20drug — drug1 /drug/, n., v., drugged, drugging. n. 1. Pharm. a chemical substance used in the treatment, cure, prevention, or diagnosis of disease or used to otherwise enhance physical or mental well being. 2. (in federal law) a. any substance… …

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