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suckle

UK/ˈsʌk.əl/ US/ˈsʌkʌl/ rare obsolete

verb

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”
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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.

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