n. That which nourishes or sustains; food; nutriment; sustenance; support, whether literal or figurative.n. In Scots law, the sum paid for support to any one entitled to claim it, as the dole given to a pauper by his parish.To furnish with means of sustenance; purvey to; support: generally in a figurative sense: as, to aliment a person's vanity.In Scots law, to maintain or support, as a person unable to support himself: used especially of the support of children by parents, or of parents by children.