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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Foster  \Fos"ter\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Fostered},  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Fostering}.]  [OE.  fostren  fr  AS  f[=o]ster,  f[=o]stor, 
  food,  nourishment,  fr  f[=o]da  food.  [root]75.  See  {Food}.] 
  1.  To  feed;  to  nourish;  to  support;  to  bring  up 
 
  Some  say  that  ravens  foster  forlorn  children. 
  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  cherish;  to  promote  the  growth  of  to  encourage;  to 
  sustain  and  promote;  as  to  foster  genius. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  fostering 
  n  1:  encouragement;  aiding  the  development  of  something  [syn:  {fosterage}] 
  2:  raising  someone  to  be  an  accepted  member  of  the  community; 
  "they  debated  whether  nature  or  nurture  was  more 
  important"  [syn:  {breeding},  {bringing  up},  {fosterage},  {nurture}, 
  {nurturing},  {raising},  {rearing},  {upbringing}]




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