A (generally human) male who begets a child. / A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor. / A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

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.

plural of fatherer

Agent noun of father: one who fathers.

plural of father

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of father

present participle of father

simple past tense and past participle of father

(Christianity) God, the father of Creation / (Christianity) God the Father, who eternally begets the Son / (Christianity) A title given to priests.

The state or quality of being a father.