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aliment

[al´ĭ-ment]

food; nutritive material.

al·i·ment

(al'i-ment),

1. Synonym(s): nourishment

2. In sensorimotor theory, that which is assimilated to a schema; analogous to a stimulus.

[L. alo, to nourish]

aliment

(ăl′ə-mənt)

1. Something that nourishes; food.

2. Something that supports or sustains.

tr.v. (-mĕnt′) ali·mented, ali·menting, ali·ments

To supply with sustenance, such as food: required by court order to aliment the abandoned family.

al′i·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.

al′i·men′tal·ly adv.

aliment

Etymology: L, alimentum, to nourish

something that nourishes or feeds. alimentary, adj.

nour·ish·ment

(nŭr'ish-mĕnt)

A substance used to feed or to sustain life and growth of an organism.
Synonym(s): aliment.

aliment

food; nutritive material.

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La restriction s'effectue en reduisant l'acces a ces aliments ou en imposant des limites quant aux quantites pouvant etre consommees et aux moments oU ces aliments peuvent etre ingeres (1).

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The Aliment agent said the company has returned 300 million yen to Hachiyo as it has received more than it should have, but that the company has no intention of returning the remaining 1.

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We went back to court and I have a signed document which shows the aliment was varied to nil because I wasn't working.

Charity boss sued by his family for 12 years of neglect; He owes us nearly pounds 40,000, say his daughters

But he added: "Not very many children have done this and those who have, have tended to be in cases of access and custody and not in actions for aliment.

BOY OF 12 POCKETS pounds 18,000 AFTER HE SUES DAD AND WINS; Fight makes legal history

Aliment echoed this forecast and noted that Chinese investors such as Bellevue business leader, Ben Zhang, have already paved the way for other investors to cross the Pacific and any cultural divide.

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Chaque jour, ce sont ainsi des dizaines de camions pleins de baguettes, jetees dans les poubelles, qui sont ramassees et donnees gratuitement en aliment pour le betail.

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Advocate Charles Macnair said the aliment demand had been served on the father but he hadn't defended it.

BOY OF 12 SUES HIS DAD FOR pounds 18,000; PUPIL MAKES LEGAL HISTORY

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Supply And Installation Of Electrically Operated Distrilled Water

Le quotidien de ces nomades, qui recourent a divers moyens pour assurer au betail un approvisionnement adequat en eau et en aliment, est tres dur.

La galere pour les eleveurs de Naama et du sud de Tlemcen

Une intoxication alimentaire est une affection causee par l'ingestion d'un aliment ou d'une boisson qui contient des germes nocifs.