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    fos·ter
    [ˈfôstər, ˈfästər]
    verb
    foster (verb) · fosters (third person present) · fostered (past tense) · fostered (past participle) · fostering (present participle)
    1. encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good):
      "the teacher's task is to foster learning"
      • 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"
    adjective
    foster (adjective)
    1. denoting someone that has a specified family connection through fostering rather than birth:
      "foster parent" · "foster child"
      • involving or concerned with fostering a child:
        "foster care" · "foster home"
    Origin
    Old English fōstrian ‘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-.
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    verb
    1. encourage or promote the development of (something, typically something regarded as good):
      encourage
      promote
      further
      stimulate
      advance
      forward
      cultivate
      nurture
      strengthen
      enrich
      help
      aid
      abet
      assist
      support
      endorse
      champion
      speak for
      proselytize
      sponsor
      espouse
      uphold
      back
      boost
      facilitate
      contribute to
      give backing to
      Opposite:
      neglect
      suppress
      destroy
      • bring up (a child that is not one's own by birth):
        bring up
        rear
        raise
        take care of
        look after
        nurture
        mother
        parent
        care for
        provide for
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