Bible Dictionaries
Foster
King James Dictionary
FOS'TER,
1. To feed to nourish to support to being up.
Some say that ravens foster forlorn children.
2. To cherish to forward to promote growth. The genial warmth of spring fosters the plants.
3. To cherish to encourage to sustain and promote as, to foster passion or genius.
FOS'TER, To be nourished or trained up together.
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Entry for 'Foster'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/f/foster.html.