Foster: alternatives and connections

Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.

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Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.

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To bring forward; to move towards the van or front; to make to go on.

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To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.

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To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help…

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To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

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The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.

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One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

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To contribute to the growth, enlargement, or prosperity of (any process or thing that is in course); to forward; to further; to encourage; to advance…

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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Early; soon.

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The rent of land, -- originally paid by reservation of part of its products.

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To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; -- said…

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Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an aut…

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To act as patron toward; to support; to countenance; to favor; to aid.

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To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.

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To work for; to labor in behalf of; to exert one's self continuously or statedly for the benefit of; to do service for; to be in the employment of, a…

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To bear by being under; to keep from falling; to uphold; to sustain, in a literal or physical sense; to prop up; to bear the weight of; as, a pillar…

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The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature.

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One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature.

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The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.

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The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.

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of Foster

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of Foster

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To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

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To a greater distance; in addition; moreover. See Farther.

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The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training.

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A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

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