'Fosterage' definitions:

Definition of 'fosterage'

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Encouragement; aiding the development of something [syn: fostering, fosterage]

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Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing]

Definition of 'Fosterage'

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Fosterage \Fos"ter*age\ (?; 48), n. The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]

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