Encouragement

• Promote the growth of
• Aiding the development of something
• Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community
• Help develop, help grow

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. encouragement; aiding the development of something [syn: fosterage ] raising someone to be an accepted member of the community; "they debated whether nature or nurture was more important" [syn: breeding , bringing up , fosterage , nurture , raising , ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Foster \Fos"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fostered , p. pr. & vb. n. Fostering .] [OE. fostren, fr. AS. f[=o]ster, f[=o]stor, food, nourishment, fr. f[=o]da food. [root]75. See Food .] To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up. Some say that ravens foster ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 raising someone to be an accepted member of the community. 2 encouragement; aiding the development of something vb. (present participle of foster English)