FATHER

I. noun Etymology: Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; akin to Old High German fater ~, Latin pater, Greek patēr Date: before 12th century 1. a man who has begotten a child, b. capitalized god 1, the first person of the Trinity, fore~ , 3. one related to another in a way suggesting that of ~ to child, an old man, a pre-Scholastic Christian writer accepted by the church as an authoritative witness to its teaching and practice, 5. one that originates or institutes , source , prototype , a priest of the regular clergy, one of the leading men (as of a city), ~hood noun ~less adjective ~like adjective or adverb II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. beget , to be the founder, producer, or author of , to accept responsibility for, 2. to fix the paternity or origin of, to place responsibility for the origin or cause of , foist , impose , intransitive verb to care for or look after someone as a ~ might