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father

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɑːðə(ɹ)/

Verb

figuratively

To be a father to; to sire. / (figuratively) To give rise to. / To act as a father; to support and nurture. / To provide with a father. / To adopt as one's own.

Japanese Meaning

父親になる、子をもうけること / 父としての役割を果たす、サポートし育むこと / （比喩的に）何かの起源となる、産み出すこと / 父親として迎え入れる、もしくは養子縁組すること

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He decided to father his partner's child even though he was not biologically related.

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彼は血のつながりはなくても、パートナーの子どもの父親になることを決めた。

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Sense（1）

To be a father to; to sire.

Well go too, we'll haue no Baſtards liue, / Eſpecially ſince Charles muſt Father it.

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Sense（2）

(figuratively) To give rise to.

Cowards father Cowards & Baſe things Syre Bace;

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Sense（3）

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

I good youth, / And rather Father thee, then Maſter thee:

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Sense（4）

To provide with a father.

Thinke you, I am no ſtronger then my Sex / Being ſo Father'd, and ſo Husbanded?

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Sense（5）

To adopt as one's own.

Kept company with men of wit / Who often fathered what he writ.

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fathers

（ present singular third-person ）

fathering

（ participle present ）

fathered

（ participle past ）

fathered

（ past ）

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