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Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

Scire Facias :: Scire facias () A judicial writ, founded upon some record, and requiring the party proceeded against to show cause why the party bringing it should not have advantage of such record, or (as in the case of scire facias to repeal letters patent) why the record should not be annulled or vacated..

Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another..

Participator :: Participator (n.) One who participates, or shares with another; a partaker..

Fatherhood :: Fatherhood (n.) The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.

Royalty :: Royalty (n.) Hence (Com.), a duty paid by a manufacturer to the owner of a patent or a copyright at a certain rate for each article manufactured; or, a percentage paid to the owner of an article by one who hires the use of it..

Renew :: Renew (v. t.) Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent..

Disculpatory :: Disculpatory (a.) Tending to exculpate; exculpatory.

Clodpate :: Clodpate (n.) A blockhead; a dolt.

Whirlbone :: Whirlbone (n.) The patella, or kneepan..

Short :: Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30..

Sweetmeat :: Sweetmeat (n.) The paint used in making patent leather.

Pate :: Pate (n.) A pie. See Patty.

Emancipator :: Emancipator (n.) One who emancipates.

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history to those who lived before the time of Moses..

Forego :: Forego (v. t.) To relinquish the enjoyment or advantage of; to give up; to resign; to renounce; -- said of a thing already enjoyed, or of one within reach, or anticipated..

Paternoster :: Paternoster (n.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.

Scatter :: Scatter (v. i.) To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm..

Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

Addle-patedness :: Addle-patedness (n.) Stupidity.

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