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aliments

aliments is the plural of aliment.

aliments is the third-person singular simple present indicative of aliment.

Meaning of aliment

Noun

aliment (countable and uncountable, plural aliments)

  1. (archaic) Food.
    • In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; [...]1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh; London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section...
  2. (figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
    • As when Demosthenes reprehended the people for hearkening to the conditions offered by King Philip, being not honourable nor equal, he saith they were but aliments of their sloth and weakness, which if they were taken away, necessity would teach them stronger resolutions.1597, Francis Bacon, “Of the Coulers of Good and Evill. A Fragment.”, in James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, and Douglas Denon Heath, editors, The Works of Francis Bacon, […], volume VII, London...
  3. (Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.

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Questions about aliments

What is aliments the plural of?
Aliments is the plural of aliment.

Words near aliments in the dictionary

  1. alimented
  2. alimenting
  3. alimentive
  4. alimentiveness
  5. alimentous
  6. aliments
  7. Alimoan
  8. Alimodian
  9. alimonies
  10. alimonious
  11. alimony

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