Fosterage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

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

  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