v c To take care of; to keep and treat well; to feed or foster satisfyingly (esp. animals). 2 To treat poorly; to feed or foster middlingly; to make to shift or do somehow or other. Note. This verb, as well as in its intransitive form, has been most carefully ascertained to bear these opposing senses, yet the sense first given is the preferable and the more common sense.
v c To take care of; to keep and treat well; to feed or foster satisfyingly (esp. animals). 2 To treat poorly; to feed or foster middlingly; to make to shift or do somehow or other. Note. This verb, as well as in its intransitive form, has been most carefully ascertained to bear these opposing senses, yet the sense first given is the preferable and the more common sense.