“fathered” is a form of
father
UK /ˈfɑː.ðə/ · US /ˈfɑ.ðəɹ/ noun, verb, proper noun
Forms fathers fathering fathered Fr.
- noun A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, etc.). “My father was a strong influence on me.”
- noun A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
- noun A term of respectful address for an elderly man. “Come, father; you can sit here.”
- noun A term of respectful address for a priest.
- noun A person who plays the role of a father in some way. “My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.”
- noun A pioneering figure in a particular field. “Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.”
- noun Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
- noun Something inanimate that begets.
- verb To be a father to; to sire.
- verb (figuratively) To give rise to.
- verb To act as a father; to support and nurture.
- verb To provide with a father.
- verb To adopt as one's own.
- proper noun (Christianity) God, the father of Creation.
- proper noun (Christianity) God the Father, who eternally begets the Son.
- proper noun One's father. “I will only do what Father asks.”
- proper noun (Wicca) One of the triune gods of the Horned God in Wicca, representing a man, younger than the elderly Sage and older than the boyish Master.
- noun (Christianity) A title given to priests. “Father Thomas was a good priest.”
- noun (Christianity) One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ. “the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers”
- noun A title given to the personification of a force of nature or abstract concept, such as Father Time or Father Frost.
Synonyms
mother and granddaddy ayr ba baba da dad dada daddio daddy fatherling governor old man pa pap papa papa bear papaw pappaw pappy pater male parent begetter forefather sire Padre Church Father Father of the Church Father-God Fatherhood founder
Antonyms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fader, from Old English fæder, from Proto-West Germanic *fader, from Proto-Germanic *fadēr, from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr, possibly from *peh₂- + *-tḗr. Doublet of ayr, faeder, athair, padre, pater, and père.
See father.
Webster’s 1913
- noun One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
- noun 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.
- verb To make one's self the father of; to beget.
- verb 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.).
Etymology [OE. fader, AS. fæder; akin to OS. fadar, D. vader, OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. pa protect. Papa, Paternal, Patriot, Potential, Pablum.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “father”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details