father

A father is a priest in some religions, such as the Catholic church. (noun)

An example of father is a catholic priest.

Father is a man who has impregnated a woman and had a child. (noun)

An example of a father is a man with a son.

To father is to impregnate a woman. (verb)

An example of father is when you and your wife conceive a baby.

See father in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a man who has begotten a child; esp., a man as he is related to his child or children
1. a stepfather
2. an adoptive father
3. a father-in-law
the male parent of a plant or animal
a person regarded as a male parent; protector
God, or God as the first person in the Trinity
a forefather; ancestor: usually used in pl.
an originator, founder, or inventor
any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
a senator of ancient Rome
any of the leaders of a city, assembly, etc.: usually used in pl.
any of the early Christian religious writers considered reliable authorities on the doctrines and teachings of the Church
a Christian priest: used esp. as a title

transitive verb

to be the father of; beget
to look after or care for as a father does
to bring into being; found, originate, or invent
to take the responsibility for
to impose improperly as a responsibility; foist: the mistake was fathered on him

See father in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(fäˈÞər)

noun

a. A male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child.
b. A man who adopts a child.
c. A man who raises a child.
A male parent of an animal.
A male ancestor.
A man who creates, originates, or founds something: Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.
An early form; a prototype.
Father Christianity
a. God.
b. The first person of the Christian Trinity.
An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
One of the leading men, as of a city: the town fathers.
or Father A church father.
Abbr. Fr.
a. A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
b. Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.

verb fa·thered, fa·ther·ing, fa·thers

verb, transitive

To procreate (offspring) as the male parent.
To act or serve as a father to (a child).
To create, found, or originate.
To acknowledge responsibility for.
a. To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.
b. To assign falsely or unjustly; foist.

verb, intransitive

To act or serve as a father.

See father in Ologies

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