to father
9
3.7
- verb
- /ˈfɑːðər/
:
criar
- Such an easy moment to indicate that he is going to father the child.
Examples
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If you're a father and you're not fathering, you need to step up.
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Audrey was not going to let just anybody father the child.
Fiction book (1994) -
Only now did she let the words shape the idea: this man can father my children.
Fiction book (1990) -
I can see you fathering children.
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And I fathered them, so it's my responsibility.
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Do I want my husband running around fathering other children he will have to support?
Blog text (32) -
Even if the procedure fails, you do have other options for fathering a child.
Blog text (30) -
He never married and he fathered no children.
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Both of Joanna's sisters' husbands were handsome, well-traveled men who looked forward to fathering children with their strong wives.
Fiction book (2002) -
He decided to father a child with his partner, committing to their life together.
Synonyms
22
2.0
To raise and care for a child until they become an adult
12
5.1
To care for someone in a very loving and protective way
Antonyms
Compounds
51
7.0
A person who helped create the United States by writing the Constitution in 1787
40
3.9
A man who gives care and guidance like a father to someone who is not his child
- Formal
3
9.9
A Christian writer from the early centuries whose writings help shape church teaching
- Formal
1
9.9
A leading early Christian writer whose teachings helped form church beliefs
1
8.2
English people who sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and started a settlement in New England
- Formal
An early church writer who has a link to an Apostle or their close students and writes about the faith
How Involved
9
3.7
∞
1.4
347
1.0
155
3.7
753
1.4
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Father as a verb also comes from the same old root fæder and kept the idea of caring and support, so to father children means to act like their dad, raising and helping them. That's why the verb can mean to provide care and support for a family.