- 1father somebody to become the father of a child by making a woman pregnant He fathered 3 children with his first wife and 2 with his second wife.
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- 2father something to create new ideas or a new way of doing something
father
verbNAmE//ˈfɑðər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they father he / she / it fathers
past simple fathered
-ing form fathering
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