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suckle

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌk.əl/Part of speech verbSorted ceklsuStarts with SEnds with E0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. give suck to

Word origin

From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling.

Used in a sentence

  • The baby was having a suckle at its mother's breast.
  • […] the breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier Than Hector’s forehead when it spit forth blood At Grecian sword, contemning.
  • Let us indulge them; they are not weak, suckled by Wisdom, taught to walk by Virtue.

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