Pertaining or belonging to another kind; different. / Concerned with or directed toward others; selfless.

A woman who cares for a child that is not biologically her own.

plural of othermother

present participle of otherise

simple past tense and past participle of otherise

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of otherise

(science fiction) From or in another dimension (another plane or parallel universe).

differently able

(now rare) Of another kind; different.

(obsolete) In another way.