V n 5 verb When a baby nurses or when its mother nurses it, it feeds by sucking milk from its mother's breast. OLD-FASHIONED (=suckle) Most authorities recommend letting the baby nurse whenever it wants. V ...young women nursing babies... V n Young people and nursing mothers are exempted from charges.
mastery (usually uncountable, plural masteries) 1  The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. 2  Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence. ( 3 obsolete) Contest for superiority. ( 4 obsolete) A masterly operation; a feat. ( 5 obsolete) The philosopher's stone.
aâ¢dept. 1. very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler. 2. a skilled or proficient person; expert. adeptus, n. use of past participle of Latin adipiscÄ« to attain to = ad-ad - + -ipiscÄ«, comb. form of apiscÄ« to grasp (see apt)]. aâ¢deptâ²ly, adv.