Definition for FA'THER

FA'THER, v.t.

  1. To adopt; to take the child of another as one's own.
  2. To adopt any thing as one's own; to profess to be the author. Men of wit / Often father'd what he writ. Swift.
  3. To ascribe or charge to one as his offspring or production; with on. My name was made use of by several persons, one of whom was pleased to father on me a new set of productions. Swift.

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