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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

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

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  fosterage
       n 1: encouragement; aiding the development of something [syn: fostering]
       2: raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
          "they debated whether nature or nurture was more
          important" [syn: breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture,
           raising, rearing, upbringing]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  fosterage /fˈɒstəɹɪdʒ/
  péče o cizí dítě

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  fosterage /fˈɒstəɹɪdʒ/
  1. dajkaságba adás
  2. nevelôszülôkhöz adás
  3. dajkaság
  4. dajkabér

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  fosterage /fˈɒstəɹɪdʒ/
  1. evlâtlık büyütme
  2. çocuğu kendi evlâdı gibi büyütecek bir ana babaya verme
  3. besleme himaye, teşvik.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "fosterage":
     abetment, advocacy, aegis, auspices, backing, care, championship,
     charity, countenance, encouragement, favor, goodwill, guidance,
     interest, patronage, seconding, sponsorship, sympathy, tutelage
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 养育,寄养,养子环境;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 养育,寄养,养子环境

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