Sentence:  To his Harvard colleague , Josiah Royce , whose philosophic position differed radically from his own , James could write , `` Different as our minds are , yours has <WSD>nourished</WSD> mine , as no other social influence ever has , and in converse with you I have always felt that my life was being lived importantly '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  provide with nourishment