Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. 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.
Wiktionary
- n. An act of fostering another's child as if it were your own.
- n. A condition of being the foster child.
- n. Promoting or encouragement given by act or word.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
WordNet 3.0
- n. helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
- n. encouragement; aiding the development of something
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
Historic Boys Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“They could be unfit without assistance, they may just need help with custody, guidance, fosterage, counseling, finances, or POA.”
“He is my overlord, and he has overwatched me in the fosterage where he placed me when my father died.”
“Owain Gwynedd was his overlord, and had overseen him in the fosterage where he had placed him when his father died ...”
“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.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarianism and Culture, Round II
“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.”
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treeseed Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Date: 1614
1 : the act of fostering
2 : a custom once prevalent in Ireland, Wales, and Scotland of entrusting one's child to foster parents to be brought up Feb 13, 2008