con-fŏvĕo, ēre,
v. a., to warm, foster, cherish assiduously (ante- and post-class.): hominem, Afran. ap. Non. p. 523, 17: membra cibo, Ap. Met. 8, 7, 23; semina gremio suo (terra), Hier. adv. Rufin. 8.