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   fos·ter

   /ˈfôstər/

   verb

   • 1. encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good): "the teacher's task is to foster learning" Similar encouragepromotefurtherstimulateadvanceforwardcultivatenurturestrengthenenrichhelpaidabetassistcontribute tosupportendorsechampionspeak forproselytizesponsorespouseupholdbackboostgive backing tofacilitateOpposite neglectsuppressdestroy
   • ▪ develop (a feeling or idea) in oneself: "appropriate praise helps a child foster a sense of self-worth"
   • 2. bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth): "a person who would foster Holly was found" Similar bring uprearraisecare fortake care oflook afternurtureprovide formotherparent

   adjective

   • 1. denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering rather than birth: "foster parent"
   • ▪ involving or concerned with fostering a child: "foster care"

   Word Origin Old Englishfōstrian ‘feed, nourish’, from fōster‘food, nourishment’, of Germanic origin; related to food. The sense ‘bring up another's (originally also one's own) child’ dates from Middle English. See also foster-.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fosterer noun

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