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
From the library
“Repeat, ‘_You are old, Father William_,’” said the Caterpillar.
“You are old, Father William,” the young man said,
“In my youth,” Father William replied to his son,
“In my youth,” said his father, “I took to the law,
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