fosterage

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “There still remains in the Islands, though it is passing fast away, the custom of fosterage. A Laird, a man of wealth and eminence, sends his child, either male or female, to a tacksman, or tenant, to be fostered.”

2. isim The act of caring for another human being or animal.

   “In those animals in which the system of fosterage and protection has not been developed a great number of fertilized ova are produced, only a few of which come to maturity.”

3. isim The condition of being the foster child.
4. isim The act of promoting or encouraging something.