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fosterer

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fos⋅ter

  [faw-ster, fos-ter]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage: to foster new ideas.
2. to bring up, raise, or rear, as a foster child.
3. to care for or cherish.
4. British. to place (a child) in a foster home.
5. Obsolete. to feed or nourish.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE fōstor nourishment, fōstrian to nourish; c. ON fōstr; akin to food

Related forms:
fos⋅ter⋅er, noun
fos⋅ter⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. favor, forward, advance; foment, instigate. 2. nurse, nourish, sustain, support, maintain. 3. See cherish.

Antonyms:
1. discourage.
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Word Origin & History

foster  (v.)
O.E. *fostrian "to supply with food, nourish, support," from fostor "food, nourishment, bringing up," from P.Gmc. *fostrom, from root *foth-/*fod- (see food). Meaning "to bring up a child with parental care" is from c.1205; that of "to encourage or help grow" is c.1225 of things; 1570 of feelings, ideas, etc. O.E. also had the adj. meaning "in the same family but not related," in fostorfæder, etc.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: foster
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: fos·tered; fos·ter·ing
: to give parental care to
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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