LekhoriLekhoriA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
My father was a strong influence on me.
A male who has sired a baby; this person in relation to his child or children.
My friend Tony just became a father.
A title given to priests.
Father Thomas was a good priest.
To be a father to; to sire.
Well go too, we'll haue no Baſtards liue, / Eſpecially ſince Charles muſt Father it.
To give rise to.
God, the father of Creation.
God the Father, who eternally begets the Son.
One's father.
I will only do what Father asks.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr Proto-Germanic *fadēr Proto-West Germanic *fader Old English fæder Middle English fader English father ...
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Cowards father Cowards & Baſe things Syre Bace;
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
I good youth, / And rather Father thee, then Maſter thee: