Definition of foster

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Foster (v. t.) To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius..

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#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Nurse :: Nurse (v. t.) To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention..
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
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..
Embosom :: Embosom (v. t.) To take into, or place in, the bosom; to cherish; to foster..
Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..
Fosterment :: Fosterment (n.) Food; nourishment.
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 (n.) One who, or that which, fosters..
Cultivation :: Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
Impasture :: Impasture (v. t.) To place in a pasture; to foster.
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To cherish with heat; to foster.
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..
Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
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..
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
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