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fos·ter·age
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Princeton's WordNet
fostering, fosteragenoun
encouragement; aiding the development of something
breeding, bringing up, fostering, fosterage, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringingnoun
helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
"they debated whether nature or nurture was more important"
Wiktionary
fosteragenoun
An act of fostering another's child as if it were your own.
fosteragenoun
A condition of being the foster child.
fosteragenoun
Promoting or encouragement given by act or word.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Fosteragenoun
The charge of nursing; alterage.
Etymology: from foster.
Some one adjoining to this lake had the charge and fosterage of this child, who being, perchance, but some base and obscure creature, was cast from the top of her temple into the lake adjoining; and, as the poets have feigned, changed by Venus into a fish, all but her face. Walter Raleigh, History.
Wikipedia
Fosterage
Fosterage, the practice of a family bringing up a child not their own, differs from adoption in that the child's parents, not the foster-parents, remain the acknowledged parents. In many modern western societies foster care can be organised by the state to care for children with troubled family backgrounds, usually on a temporary basis. In many pre-modern societies fosterage was a form of patronage, whereby influential families cemented political relationships by bringing up each other's children, similar to arranged marriages, also based on dynastic or alliance calculations. This practice was once common in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland.
ChatGPT
fosterage
Fosterage is the practice or system of taking and upbringing of a child by someone, often relatives, who are not the child's biological parents. This is done through a formal or informal agreement, often for a given period, where the foster parents provide the necessary care, support and guardianship for the child.
Webster Dictionary
Fosteragenoun
the care of a foster child; the charge of nursing
Wikidata
Fosterage
Fosterage, the practice of a family bringing up a child not their own, differs from adoption in that the child's parents, not the foster-parents, remain the acknowledged parents. In many modern western societies foster care can be organised by the state to care for children with troubled family backgrounds, usually on a temporary basis. In many pre-modern societies fosterage was a form of patronage, whereby influential families cemented political relationships by bringing up each other's children, similar to arranged marriages, also based on dynastic or alliance calculations. This practice was once common in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fosterage in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fosterage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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