What is "to father on"

Father \Fa"ther\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathering.]

1. To make one's self the father of; to beget.

   Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base.
   --Shak.

2. 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.
   --Swift.

3. 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.