Definition of father

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Father (v. t.) To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.)..

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Unfathered :: Unfathered (a.) Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature..
Patricide :: Patricide (n.) The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.
Lucky Proach :: Lucky proach () See Fatherlasher.
Patrimony :: Patrimony (n.) A right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any ancestor..
Fathered :: Fathered (imp. & p. p.) of Fathe.
Stepson :: Stepsister (n.) A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
Emancipate :: Emancipate (v. t.) To set free from the power of another; to liberate; as: (a) To set free, as a minor from a parent; as, a father may emancipate a child. (b) To set free from bondage; to give freedom to; to manumit; as, to emancipate a slave, or a country..
Beget :: Beget (v. t.) To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father..
Ayle :: Ayle (n.) A grandfather.
Motherland :: Motherland (n.) The country of one's ancestors; -- same as fatherland.
Putative :: Putative (a.) Commonly thought or deemed; supposed; reputed; as, the putative father of a child..
Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To argue in support of a claim, or in defense against the claim of another; to urge reasons for or against a thing; to attempt to persuade one by argument or supplication; to speak by way of persuasion; as, to plead for the life of a criminal; to plead with a judge or with a father..
Patripassian :: Patripassian (n.) One of a body of believers in the early church who denied the independent preexistent personality of Christ, and who, accordingly, held that the Father suffered in the Son; a monarchian..
Mameluco :: Mameluco (n.) A child born of a white father and Indian mother.
Patronymic :: Patronymic (n.) A modification of the father's name borne by the son; a name derived from that of a parent or ancestor; as, Pelides, the son of Peleus; Johnson, the son of John; Macdonald, the son of Donald; Paulowitz, the son of Paul; also, the surname of a family; the family name..
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..
Father :: Father (n.) A senator of ancient Rome.
Orbate :: Orbate (a.) Bereaved; fatherless; childless.
Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..
Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..
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