FATHER
\fˈɑːðə], \fˈɑːðə], \f_ˈɑː_ð_ə]\
Definitions of FATHER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
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`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
By Princeton University
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make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
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a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"
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an early writer accepted as an authority on the teachings and practices of the Christian church
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`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially Roman or Orthodox Catholic); `Padre' is frequently used in the military
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
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One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
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A respectful mode of address to an old man.
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A senator of ancient Rome.
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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.
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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.
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The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.
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To make one's self the father of; to beget.
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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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To provide with a father.
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One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; - often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
By Oddity Software
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One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
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One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
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A respectful mode of address to an old man.
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A senator of ancient Rome.
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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.
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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.
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The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.
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To make one's self the father of; to beget.
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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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To provide with a father.
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One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; - often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.
By Noah Webster.
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A male perent or ancestor; one who stands in the relation of a father; an originator or founder; the official title of a dignitary, priest, or confessor of the Roman Catholic Church; the senior member of any class, profession, or body; a religious writer of the Early Christian Church.
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To adopt as a son or daughter; to assume authorship of or accept responsibility for; as, to father a bill in Congress: Father, the Creator; God.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A male parent; an ancestor or forether; a contiriver or originator; a title of respect; an ecclesiastical writer of the early centuries; the first Person of the Trinity; the eldest member of any profession, or of any body; as, father of the bar, the oldest barrister; father of the church, the clergyman who has longest held office; father of the House of Representatives, the mebmer who has been longest in the HOUSE.
By Daniel Lyons
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A male parent; ancestor; originator; early writer of the Church; first Person of the Trinity.
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To adopt.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To adopt.
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To charge the responsibility for; with on or upon.
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The male parent of a child.
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Any male ancestor; forefather; patriarch.
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A venerable man; priest; clergyman; ancient church writer; author; founder.
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The Deity; God; the first person in the Trinity.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Greek] Male parent;—a male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor;—he who is to be venerated for age, kindness, wisdom, &c.;—a senator of ancient Rome;—a dignitary of the Roman Catholic church, a superior of a convent, a confessor, or a priest; also, a dignitary or elder clergyman in the Protestant church;—one of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ;—a producer, author, or contriver;—the Supreme Being; the first person in the Trinity.
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He by whom the son or daughter is begotten; the first ancestor; the appellation of an old man; the title of any man reverend; the ecclesiastical writers of the first centuries; the title of a popish confessor; the title of a senator of old Rome; the appellation of the first person of the adorable Trinity.
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To take as a son or daughter; to supply with a father; to adopt a composition; to ascribe to any one as his offspring, or production.
By Thomas Sheridan
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