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Macaulay.

Feed (fēd), v. t. [imp. &
p. p. Fed (f&ebreve;d); p. pr. & vb.
n. Feeding.] [AS. fēdan, fr.
fōda food; akin to OS. fōdian, OFries.
fēda, fōda, D. voeden, OHG.
fuottan, Icel. fæða, Sw. föda,
Dan. föde. √75. See Food.]
1. To give food to; to supply with nourishment;
to satisfy the physical huger of.

If thine enemy hunger, feed him.

Rom. xii. 20.

Unreasonable creatures feed their
young.

Shak.

2. To satisfy; gratify or minister to, as any
sense, talent, taste, or desire.

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear
him.

Shak.

Feeding him with the hope of
liberty.

Knolles.

3. To fill the wants of; to supply with that
which is used or wasted; as, springs feed ponds; the hopper
feeds the mill; to feed a furnace with coal.

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