Moth″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Mothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Mothering.] To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
The queen, to have put lady Elizabeth besides the crown, would have mothered another body's child. Howell.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.