FOSTERAGE

breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing

(noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; “they debated whether nature or nurture was more important”

fostering, fosterage

(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fosterage (countable and uncountable, plural fosterages)

The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.

The act of caring for another human being or animal.

The condition of being the foster child.

The act of promoting or encouraging something.

Anagrams

• foregates, forestage

Source: Wiktionary


Fos"ter*age (; 48), n.

Definition: The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing. Sir W. Raleigh.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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