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English Dictionary: suckle by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suckle
v
  1. suck milk from the mother's breasts; "the infant was suckling happily"
  2. give suck to; "The wetnurse suckled the infant"; "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"
    Synonym(s): breastfeed, suckle, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck
    Antonym(s): bottlefeed
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suckle \Suc"kle\, n.
      A teat. [Obs.] --Sir T. Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suckled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Suckling}.] [Freq. of suck.]
      To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. --Addison.
  
               The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector,
               looked not lovelier.                              --Shak.
  
               They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom.      --Landor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. i.
      To nurse; to suck. [R.]
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