Definition of foster

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Foster (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

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Foster :: Foster (n.) A forester.
Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
Fosterage :: Fosterage (n.) The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
Fostered :: Fostered (imp. & p. p.) of Foste.
Fosterment :: Fosterment (n.) Food; nourishment.
Cultivation :: Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..
Cherish :: Cherish (v. t.) To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard..
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To cherish with heat; to foster.
Lap :: Lap (n.) The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury..
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius..
Impasture :: Impasture (v. t.) To place in a pasture; to foster.
Foster :: Foster (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.
Laissez Faire :: Laissez faire () Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government..
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Fostering :: Fostering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foste.
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