What is the meaning of FOST. Phrases containing FOST
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Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system government.
A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling.
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v. t.
To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
n.
One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, fosters, or the like.
v. t.
To place in a pasture; to foster.
n.
One who, or that which, fosters.
n.
A foster child.
v. t.
To supply the means of support and increase to; to encourage; to foster; as, to nourish rebellion; to nourish the virtues.
v. t.
To bring up; to raise, by care, from a weak or invalid condition; to foster; to cherish; -- applied to plants, animals, and to any object that needs, or thrives by, attention.
v. t.
To bring up to maturity, as young; to educate; to instruct; to foster; as, to rear offspring.
n.
The place where anything is fostered and growth promoted.
n.
The care of a foster child; the charge of nursing.
v. t.
To nourish; to cherish; to foster
p. pr. & vb. n.
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v. t.
To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.
v. t.
To take care of in infancy, and through the age of youth; to bring up; to nurse and foster.
v. t.
To noursle or nurse; to foster; to bring up.
v. t.
To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.
imp. & p. p.
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n.
The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered; figuratively, a place of rearing and fostering; as, to be reared in the lap of luxury.
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