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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mothering  \Moth"er*ing\,  n. 
  A  rural  custom  in  England,  of  visiting  one's  parents  on 
  Midlent  Sunday,  --  supposed  to  have  been  originally  visiting 
  the  mother  church  to  make  offerings  at  the  high  altar. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mother  \Moth"er\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mothered};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Mothering}.] 
  To  adopt  as  a  son  or  daughter;  to  perform  the  duties  of  a 
  mother  to 
 
  The  queen,  to  have  put  lady  Elizabeth  besides  the 
  crown,  would  have  mothered  another  body's  child. 
  --Howell. 




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