Fosterage

Word FOSTERAGE
Character 9
Hyphenation fos ter age
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Fosterage"

What do we mean by fosterage?

The act of fostering; nurturance or promotion. noun

The act or custom of placing a child with a foster parent or parents, especially when practiced as a traditional childrearing method in certain societies. noun

The act of fostering, nursing:, or nourishing; specifically, the rearing of another's child as one's own, in the relation of foster-parent and foster-child. noun

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

An act of fostering another's child as if it were your own. noun

A condition of being the foster child. noun

Promoting or encouragement given by act or word. noun

Helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community noun

Encouragement; aiding the development of something noun

The act of fostering another's child as if it were one's own.

The act of caring for another human being or animal.

The condition of being the foster child.

The act of promoting or encouraging something.

Pictures, stories, etc. concerning Dr. Gillian Foster (played by Kelli Williams) from the tv show Lie to Me. The phrase was coined by Tim Roth (who plays Dr. Cal Lightman on the show) and first appeared on his twitter. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Fosterage

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The word "fosterage" in example sentences

Prior to the change, parental rights were left intact while children were in fosterage, and the state (social workers) assisted parents with the view of regaining custody. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His son Brian had, in accordance with an old Irish custom, passed his boyhood in "fosterage" at the court of Callaghan, King of Cashel, in East Munster. ❋ Elbridge Streeter Brooks (1874)

They could be unfit without assistance, they may just need help with custody, guidance, fosterage, counseling, finances, or POA. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Soronel Haetir: Because fosterage, pretty much by definition, involves bringing in strangers I would think the level of state control would in fact be closer to the institutional side of that divide than the program I experienced. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Because fosterage, pretty much by definition, involves bringing in strangers I would think the level of state control would in fact be closer to the institutional side of that divide than the program I experienced. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Prior to the change, parental rights were left intact while children were in fosterage, and the state social workers assisted parents with the view of regaining custody. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He is my overlord, and he has overwatched me in the fosterage where he placed me when my father died. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Owain Gwynedd was his overlord, and had overseen him in the fosterage where he had placed him when his father died ... ❋ Unknown (2010)

Although scattered (the children to fosterage, and the parents followed) over Texas, nobody left the religious community; despite promises of asylum, identity protection, financial support, and (false) promises of court-enforced family custody if they left. ❋ Unknown (2009)

By the head of the King, but for thy claim on me for fosterage and service, I would forthwith do both him and thee to die the foulest of deaths, that travellers might take warning by thee, O accursed, lest any other do the like of this outrageous deed thou hast done, which none durst hitherto! ❋ Unknown (2006)

She is my sister by fosterage and this is how it came about. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Commander of the Faithful, he is no father of mine, save by right of fosterage; my father was none other than Ala al-Din Abu al ❋ Unknown (2006)

When Mardas saw Gharib his reason fled, and he said to him, “O my son, I am under thy protection: so deliver me in right of my fosterage of thee!” ❋ Unknown (2006)

So Mardas thanked him and said, Thou hast well requited our fosterage-pains in rearing thee, O ❋ Unknown (2006)

Indeed, I repent me of what was done by me to her, for that, in any case, she is my nurse and hath over me the right of fosterage. ❋ Unknown (2006)

By Allah, O my nurse, thy rank is high with me and thou hast over me the right of fosterage; but thou knowest that Allah ❋ Unknown (2006)

Moreover, in very sooth I took him under my protection only of my trust in thy magnanimity through my claim on thee for fosterage, so that I engaged to him that thou wouldst bring him to his desire, for my knowledge of thy justice and quality of mercy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Here's a [little] fosterage [for you]. ❋ Vero_aloe (2011)

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