Definition of mother

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Mother (v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

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Hoemother :: Hoemother (n.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver..
Mothering :: Mothering (n.) A rural custom in England, of visiting one's parents on Midlent Sunday, -- supposed to have been originally visiting the mother church to make offerings at the high altar..
Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..
Gossip :: Gossip (n.) A sponsor; a godfather or a godmother.
Chartreuse :: Chartreuse (n.) A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France..
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..
Provincialism :: Provincialism (n.) A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality..
Africander :: Africander (n.) One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a colored mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers..
Stephanion :: Stepfather (n.) The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.
Beldame :: Beldame (n.) Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire.
Madreperl :: Madreperl (n.) Mother-of-pearl.
Mother :: Mother (n.) An old woman or matron.
Grandmotherly :: Grandmotherly (a.) Like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent.
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child..
Mother :: Mother (n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc..
Ancestor :: Ancestor (n.) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father..
Semele :: Semele (n.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus..
Mulier :: Mulier (n.) A woman; a wife; a mother.
Mothered :: Mothered (imp. & p. p.) of Mothe.
Pearl :: Pearl (a.) Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl..
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