Crossword clues for fathered
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Father \Fa"ther\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathering.]
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To make one's self the father of; to beget.
Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base.
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To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
Men of wit Often fathered what he writ.
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To provide with a father. [R.]
Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ?
--Shak.To father on or To father upon, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. ``Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor.''
--Barrow.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: father)
Usage examples of "fathered".
I would feel uneasy, I suppose, for a time if I killed a man without adequate reason, but I think I would feel uneasy for a whole lifetime if I fathered an unwanted child.
He had fathered all the family that any man might hope for, and an extra daughter besides.
I wondered if it pained my uncle that his younger brother had fathered three sons to his one.
He had fathered all the family any man might hope for, and an extra daughter besides.
The founder of the dynasty, Aegon the Conquerer, took both his sisters to wife and fathered sons on each.
My brother Martyn fathered four strong sons, yet only Jory lived to be a man.
No matter who fathered those children, she felt them kick inside her, brought them forth with her pain and blood, nursed them at her breast.