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fosterage

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fos⋅ter⋅age

  [faw-ster-ij, fos-ter-]
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–noun
1. the act of fostering or rearing another's child as one's own.
2. the condition of being a foster child.
3. an act of promoting or encouraging: The board will undertake the fosterage of our new project.
Origin:
1605–15; foster + -age
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fosterage

noun
1. encouragement; aiding the development of something [syn: fostering] 
2. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding] 
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