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suckle (suk′əl)

transitive verb suckled -·led, suckling -·ling

  1. to cause to suck at the breast or udder; nurse
  2. to bring up; rear; foster

Etymology: ME sokelen, prob. back-form. < sokelynge, suckling

intransitive verb

to suck at the breast or udder

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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