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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Father \Fa"ther\ (f[aum]"[th][~e]r), n. [OE. fader, AS. f[ae]der; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. fa[eth]ir Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. path`r, Skr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. p[=a] protect. [root]75, 247. Cf. {Papa}, {Paternal}, {Patriot}, {Potential}, {Pablum}.] 1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. [1913 Webster] A wise son maketh a glad father. --Prov. x. 1. [1913 Webster] 2. A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors. [1913 Webster] David slept with his fathers. --1 Kings ii. 10. [1913 Webster] Abraham, who is the father of us all. --Rom. iv. 16. [1913 Webster] 3. One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection. [1913 Webster] I was a father to the poor. --Job xxix. 16. [1913 Webster] He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. --Gen. xiv. 8. [1913 Webster] 4. A respectful mode of address to an old man. [1913 Webster] And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father! --2 Kings xiii. 14. [1913 Webster] 5. A senator of ancient Rome. [1913 Webster] 6. A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also {father confessor}), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. [1913 Webster] Bless you, good father friar ! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers. [1913 Webster] 8. One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher. [1913 Webster] The father of all such as handle the harp and organ. --Gen. iv. 21. [1913 Webster] Might be the father, Harry, to that thought. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The father of good news. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity. [1913 Webster] Our Father, which art in heaven. --Matt. vi. 9. [1913 Webster] Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent down his eye. --Milton. [1913 Webster] {Adoptive father}, one who adopts the child of another, treating it as his own. {Apostolic father}, {Conscript fathers, etc.} See under {Apostolic}, {Conscript}, etc. {Father in God}, a title given to bishops. {Father of lies}, the Devil. {Father of the bar}, the oldest practitioner at the bar. {Fathers of the city}, the aldermen. {Father of the Faithful}. (a) Abraham. --Rom. iv. --Gal. iii. 6-9. (b) Mohammed, or one of the sultans, his successors. {Father of the house}, the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service. {Most Reverend Father in God}, a title given to archbishops and metropolitans, as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York. {Natural father}, the father of an illegitimate child. {Putative father}, one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child; the supposed father. {Spiritual father}. (a) A religious teacher or guide, esp. one instrumental in leading a soul to God. (b) (R. C. Ch.) A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance. {The Holy Father} (R. C. Ch.), the pope. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Father \Fa"ther\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fathered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fathering}.] 1. To make one's self the father of; to beget. [1913 Webster] Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. 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.). [1913 Webster] Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. To provide with a father. [R.] [1913 Webster] Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ? --Shak. [1913 Webster] {To father on} or {To father upon}, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. "Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor." --Barrow. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: father n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta" [syn: {father}, {male parent}, {begetter}] [ant: {female parent}, {mother}] 2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers" [syn: {forefather}, {father}, {sire}] 3: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military [syn: {Father}, {Padre}] 4: (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom [syn: {Church Father}, {Father of the Church}, {Father}] 5: a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; "the tennis fathers ruled in her favor"; "the city fathers endorsed the proposal" 6: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; "hear our prayers, Heavenly Father" [syn: {Father}, {Father-God}, {Fatherhood}] 7: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country" [syn: {founder}, {beginner}, {founding father}, {father}] 8: the head of an organized crime family [syn: {don}, {father}] v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: {beget}, {get}, {engender}, {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring forth}]