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suckle

v.
US //ˈsəkəɫ// UK //sˈʌkəl// suck·le Archaic
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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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