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foster
UK /ˈfɒs.tə/ US /ˈfɔ.stɚ/
name 5verb 4adj 3noun 3
Definitions
adj
1
Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.
foster parents
2
Receiving such care.
a foster child
3
Related by such care.
We are a foster family.
noun
1
A foster parent.
Some fosters end up adopting.
2
The care given to another; guardianship.
verb
1
To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
Some ſay that Rauens foſter forlorne children, / The whilſt their owne birds famiſh in their neſts: / Oh be to me though thy hard hart ſay no, / Nothing ſo kinde but ſomething pittiful.
2
To promote the development of something; to cultivate and grow a thing.
Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.
A flower beat with rain and wind, Which once she foster’d up with care
3
To nurse or cherish something.
4
To be nurtured or trained up together.
There Florimell, in her first ages flowre, And passing beautie did eftsoones reveale, Was fostered by those Graces
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