Definition of foster

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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..

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Nurse :: Nurse (n.) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like..
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..
Breed :: Breed (v. t.) To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster..
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring..
Foster :: Foster (n.) One who, or that which, fosters..
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..
Fosterling :: Fosterling (n.) A foster child.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Foster :: Foster (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
Fostering :: Fostering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foste.
Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
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..
Cherish :: Cherish (v. t.) To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle..
Fosterage :: Fosterage (n.) The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
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..
Impasture :: Impasture (v. t.) To place in a pasture; to foster.
Nourish :: Nourish (v. t.) To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues..
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