con-fŏvĕo, ēre, v. a., to warm, foster, cherish assiduously (ante- and post-class.): hominem, Afran. ap. Non. p. 523, 17: membra cibo, App. M. 8, p. 204, 20: semina gremio suo (terra), Hier. adv. Rufin. 8.