Wet nurse: alternatives and connections

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all pri…

To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the…

To go or stay with, as a companion, nurse, or servant; to visit professionally, as a physician; to accompany or follow in order to do…

A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.

A native nurse for children; also, a lady's maid.

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.

One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place…

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

To nurse or train in infancy.

A nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.

To bring /// or guide the powers of, as a child; to develop and cultivate, whether physically, mentally, or morally, but more commonly…

To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; -- used often in a bad sense…

To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.