Foster vs. Surrogate

To bring up; nurture

One that takes the place of another; a substitute.

To promote the growth and development of; cultivate

A person or animal that functions as a substitute for another, as in a social or family role.

To nurse; cherish

A surrogate mother.

Providing parental care and nurture to children not related through legal or blood ties

In Freudian psychology, a figure of authority who takes the place of the father or mother in a person's unconscious or emotional life.

Receiving parental care and nurture from those not related to one through legal or blood ties

(Law) A judge in New York and some other states having jurisdiction over the probate of wills and the settlement of estates.

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

Substitute.

Receiving such care.

To put in the place of another, especially as a successor; replace.

Related by such care.

To appoint (another) as a replacement for oneself.

A foster parent.

A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

(uncountable) The care given to another; guardianship.

A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate parent.

(transitive) To nurture or bring up offspring, or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.

A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.

(transitive) To cultivate and grow something.

A politician or person of influence campaigning for a presidential candidate.

(transitive) To nurse or cherish something.

A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and intestate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.

To be nurtured or trained up together.

(computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.

To feed; to nourish; to support; to bring up.

(economics) An ersatz good.

To cherish; to promote the growth of; to encourage; to sustain and promote; as, to foster genius.

(databases) surrogate key

To be nourished or trained up together.

Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; - applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood.

(transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; to appoint a successor.

A forester.

A deputy; a delegate; a substitute.

United States songwriter whose songs embody the sentiment of the South before the American Civil War (1826-1864)

The deputy of an ecclesiastical judge, most commonly of a bishop or his chancellor, especially a deputy who grants marriage licenses.

promote the growth of;

In some States of the United States, an officer who presides over the probate of wills and testaments and yield the settlement of estates.

bring up under fosterage; of children

a surrogate mother.

help develop, help grow;

To put in the place of another; to substitute.

providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;

someone who takes the place of another person

a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

providing or receiving nurture or parental care though not related by blood or legal ties;