Found 4 items, similar to Fathering.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: father ayah
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: father ayah, baba, bapak, papa
English → English (WordNet) Definition: father father n 1: a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); “his father was born in Atlanta” [syn: male parent , begetter] [ant: mother, mother] 2: the founder of a family; “keep the faith of our forefathers” [syn: forefather, sire] 3: `Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military [syn: Padre] 4: (Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom [syn: Church Father , Father of the Church] 5: a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization; “the tennis fathers ruled in her favor”; “the city fathers endorsed the proposal” 6: God when considered as the first person in the Trinity; “hear our prayers, Heavenly Father” [syn: Father-God, Fatherhood] 7: a person who founds or establishes some institution; “George Washington is the father of his country” [syn: founder, beginner, founding father] 8: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don] father v : make children; “Abraham begot Isaac”; “Men often father children but don't recognize them” [syn: beget, get, engender, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Fathering 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. [1913 Webster] Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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.). [1913 Webster] Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 3. To provide with a father. [R.] [1913 Webster] Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]