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father verb trans. LME.
[from the noun.]
Procreate as a father; be or become the (biological) father of, beget. LME.
fig.: A. Price Arrogance that was fathered on pride by boredom.
b. Originate, found (a doctrine etc.). M16.
Appear as, or acknowledge oneself as, the father of (a child) or (later) the author of (a book); take responsibility for. LME.
Ld Macaulay By these two distinguished men Paterson's scheme was fathered.
Act as a father to, look after. arch. LME.
Name the father of (a child); fix the paternity of (a child) or origin or source of (a thing); attribute (a piece of work etc.). Foll. by of, on, upon. M16.
D. Livingstone And coolly fathered the traffic on the Missionaries.
b. refl. Indicate one's paternity. obsolete exc. dial. L16.
c. Foist, impose on, upon. E19.