Translation of "alitus" into English

Immo veluti interius Verbum incolere debet, ut ipso veluti matris gremio custodiatur et alatur.

He should live ''within'' the word and allow himself to be protected and nourished by it, as if by a mother's womb.

Deinceps agrorum labor, non tantum varia gignit nutrimenta, quibus hominum alitur genus, sed copiam etiam cotidie uberiorem parit earum rerum, quibus machinales industriae utuntur.

They produce food for the support of human life, and the raw materials of industry in ever richer supply.