aliment /ˈæ.lɪ.mənt/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •(figurative) Nourishment, sustenance.All this monotony might be a good aliment for a poet but what if one had no gifts? — 1978 •(Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony. •(no longer used) Food.In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; [...] — 1822 verb2 •To sustain, support.Yet there would also be many – and not simply the powerful and ultra-privileged – who lost out, and whose discontent operated as a kind of political yeast, alimenting ‘unpatriotic’ thoughts and acts. — 2002 •(no longer used) To feed, nourish. formsalimented · alimenting · aliments
