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"Foster" Definition

adjective

Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties: foster parents; foster grandparents; a foster home.
Receiving parental care and nurture from those not related to one through legal or blood ties: foster children.
Affording, receiving, or sharing nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties.

verb-transitive

To bring up; nurture: bear and foster offspring. See Synonyms at nurture.
To nurse; cherish: foster a secret hope.
To promote the growth and development of; cultivate: detect and foster artistic talent. See Synonyms at advance.

verb

To give parental care to .
To promote the growth or development of .

biographical name

Stephen Collins 1826–1864 Am. songwriter.
William Z(ebulon) 1881–1961 Am. Communist.
William Zebulon 1881–1961 Am. Communist.

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