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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Cultivate :: Cultivate (v. t.) To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.
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..
Feed :: Feed (v. t.) To nourish, in a general sense; to foster, strengthen, develop, and guard..
Fostering :: Fostering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Foste.
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.
Rear :: Rear (v. t.) To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring..
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Fosterment :: Fosterment (n.) Food; nourishment.
Cultivation :: Cultivation (n.) Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.
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..
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..
Foster :: Foster (v. i.) To be nourished or trained up together.
Foster :: Foster (n.) One who, or that which, fosters..
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Foment :: Foment (v. t.) To cherish with heat; to foster.
Godfather :: Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
Nursery :: Nursery (n.) The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
Nuzzle :: Nuzzle (v. t.) To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
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..
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