Obs. [f. prec. sb.] trans. To supply food to; to feed, nourish, support.
1399. Langl., Rich. Redeles, II. 135. Ȝe ffostrid and ffodid a ffewe of þe best. Ibid., III. 52. And with hir corps keuereth him … And ffostrith and ffodith till ffedris schewe.
¶ For the supposed fig. sense ‘to beguile,’ see FODE v.
