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Antonyms for fathered

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fah-th er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɑ ðər

Definition of fathered

Origin :
  • Old English fæder "father, male ancestor," from Proto-Germanic *fader (cf. Old Saxon fadar, Old Frisian feder, Dutch vader, Old Norse faðir, Old High German fater, German vater), from PIE *pÉ™ter (cf. Sanskrit pitar-, Greek pater, Latin pater, Old Persian pita, Old Irish athir "father"), presumably from baby-speak sound like pa.
  • The classic example of Grimm's Law, where PIE "p-" becomes Germanic "f-." Spelling with -th- (15c.) reflects widespread phonetic shift in Middle English that turned -der to -ther in many words; spelling caught up to pronunciation in 1500s (cf. burden, murder).
  • verb sire
Example sentences :
  • It has already been explained that this Pamphlet was fathered on Khalid by the Jesuits.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The latest phases of all philosophies were fathered upon the founder of the school.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • If this turpitude were published, it would be said that he had fathered it.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • And the lad, Nazu, had appealed to him; he would have fathered him as only a lonely bachelor can.
  • Extract from : « Creatures of Vibration » by Harl Vincent
  • It was a reputable sort of a book this, and fathered by a respected Oxford cleric.
  • Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson
  • What fearless and resolute leopard-men they could have fathered!
  • Extract from : « This Simian World » by Clarence Day
  • Heretofore our own missionary boards have fathered every such attempt.
  • Extract from : « Mary and I » by Stephen Return Riggs
  • This amendment has been fathered throughout by publishers, associations, and rings.
  • Extract from : « Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright » by United States Committee on Patents
  • The human race, fathered only by house-husbands, would never have moved at all.
  • Extract from : « The home » by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • He fathered them all as they came, "and no questions asked."
  • Extract from : « The Shakespearean Myth » by Appleton Morgan

Synonyms for fathered

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