father
/ˈfɑ.ðɚ/ verb C2- To be a father to; to sire.
- To give rise to.
- To act as a father; to support and nurture.
- To provide with a father.
- To adopt as one's own.
He/she/it fathers · Past fathered · Past participle fathered · -ing form fathering
Verb forms
- Base form
- father
- He/she/it
- fathers
- Past
- fathered
- Past participle
- fathered
- -ing form
- fathering
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My first visit is due to my father, though I am not the less grateful for the honor you have done me.”
“And,” inquired Dantès, with some hesitation, “do you know how my father is?”
“My father is proud, sir, and if he had not a meal left, I doubt if he would have asked anything from anyone, except from Heaven.”
“True, Dantès, I forgot that there was at the Catalans someone who expects you no less impatiently than your father—the lovely Mercédès.”
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