fostering (verb)

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• foster — verb 1) he fostered the arts Syn: encourage, promote, further, stimulate, advance, forward, cultivate, nurture, strengthen, enrich; help, aid, abet, assist, contribute to, support, back, be a …   Thesaurus of popular words

• biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …   Universalium

• foster — [[t]fɒ̱stə(r), AM fɔ͟ːst [/t]] fosters, fostering, fostered 1) ADJ: ADJ n Foster parents are people who officially take a child into their family for a period of time, without becoming the child s legal parents. The child is referred to as their… …   English dictionary

• auxiliary — Synonyms and related words: abetting, accessory, accident, accidental, acolyte, addendum, addition, additional, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, adscititious, adventitious, agent, aid, aide, aide de camp, aider, aiding, alter ego, ancillary, another …   Moby Thesaurus

• fit — I [[t]fɪ̱t[/t]] BEING RIGHT OR GOING IN THE RIGHT PLACE ♦♦ fits, fitting, fitted (In American English the form fit is used in the present tense and sometimes also as the past tense and past participle of the verb.) 1) VERB If something fits, it… …   English dictionary

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• HOSEA, BOOK OF — HOSEA, BOOK OF, the first of the 12 books that make up the minor prophets . Everything points to this book s having been produced in the kingdom of israel and redacted, after the fall of that state, in Judah; and this makes it a valuable source… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Cedalion — In Greek mythology, Cedalion or Kedalion was a servant of Hephaestus in Lemnos. According to one tradition, he was Hephaestus s tutor, with whom Hera fostered her son on Naxos to teach him smithcraft. [Eustathius of Thessalonica, first note on Ξ …   Wikipedia

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• foster — I UK [ˈfɒstə(r)] / US [ˈfɑstər] verb Word forms foster : present tense I/you/we/they foster he/she/it fosters present participle fostering past tense fostered past participle fostered * 1) [transitive] to help something to develop over a period… …   English dictionary

• Franco-Provençal language — language name=Franco Provençal, Arpitan nativename=patouès, arpetan pronunciation=/patuˈe/ /patuˈɑ/ states=flag|Italy flag|France flag|Switzerland region=Valle d Aosta, Piedmont, Foggia, Franche Comté, Savoie, Bresse, Bugey, Dombes, Beaujolais,… …   Wikipedia