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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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