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.
Moth·ered a. Thick, like mother; viscid.
They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. --Dryden.
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