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foster (gen. sense ‘cherish’ occurs four times)
1. to feed Cym. II. iii. 119 “f-'d with cold dishes.”
2. to bring up as a foster-child, be a foster-parent to John V. ii. 75 “a lion f-'d up at hand,” Tit. II. iii. 153 “foster forlorn children,” Per. IV. iii. 15.
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    • William Shakespeare, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, 4.3
    • William Shakespeare, King John, 5.2
    • William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, 2.3
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