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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Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms..
Progenitor :: Progenitor (n.) An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather.
Half Blood :: Half blood (n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed.
Fatherless :: Fatherless (a.) Without a known author.
Sire :: Sire (n.) A father; the head of a family; the husband.
Tradition :: Tradition (n.) Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed..
Stepson :: Stepsister (n.) A daughter of one's stepfather or stepmother by a former marriage.
Owe :: Owe (v.) To have or possess, as something derived or bestowed; to be obliged to ascribe (something to some source); to be indebted or obliged for; as, he owed his wealth to his father; he owed his victory to his lieutenants..
Granduncle :: Granduncle (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.
Abdicate :: Abdicate (v. t.) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit..
Own :: Own (a.) Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price..
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..
On :: On (prep.) Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on..
Great-grandmother :: Great-grandmother (n.) The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother.
Father :: Father (n.) A respectful mode of address to an old man.
Legitim :: Legitim (a.) The portion of movable estate to which the children are entitled upon the death of the father.
Grandfather :: Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Noetian :: Noetian (n.) One of the followers of Noetus, who lived in the third century. He denied the distinct personality of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost..
Transmission :: Transmission (n.) The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country to another; the transmission of rights, titles, or privileges, from father to son, or from one generation to another..
Stepparent :: Stepmother (n.) The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
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