aliment
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al·i·ment
(ăl'ə-mənt) 
n.
To supply with sustenance, such as food: required by court order to aliment the abandoned family.
alimentally al'i·men'tal·ly adv.
n.
- Something that nourishes; food.
- Something that supports or sustains.
To supply with sustenance, such as food: required by court order to aliment the abandoned family.
[Middle English, from Latin alimentum, from alere, to nourish.]
alimental al'i·men'tal (-mĕn'tl) adj.alimentally al'i·men'tal·ly adv.
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- Something fit to be eaten: bread, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang chow, eats, grub. See ingestion.
- That which sustains the mind or spirit: bread, food, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, pap, sustenance. See care for/neglect, ingestion.
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IN BRIEF: n. - A source of materials to nourish the body v. - Give nourishment to.
Tutor's tip: A person who has an "ailment" or sickness always appreciates "aliment" (food or moral support).
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For the concept in food science, see nutrition.
Aliment, in Scots law and in other civil systems, is the sum paid or allowance given in respect of the reciprocal obligation of parents and children, husband and wife, grandparents and grandchildren, to contribute to each other's maintenance. The term is also used in regard to a similar obligation of other parties, as of creditors to imprisoned debtors, the payments by parishes to paupers, etc.
Alimentary funds, whether of the kind above mentioned, or set apart as such by the deed of a testator, are intended for the mere support of the recipient, and are not attachable by creditors.[1]
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Aliment". Encyclopædia Britannica. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 663.
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