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1.nounA (generally human) male who begets a child."My father was a strong influence on me."
2.nounA male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
3.nounA term of respectful address for an elderly man."Come, father; you can sit here."
4.nounA term of respectful address for a priest.
5.nounA person who plays the role of a father in some way."My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced."
6.nounThe founder of a discipline or science."Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics."
7.nounSomething that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
8.nounSomething inanimate that begets.
9.nounA senator of Ancient Rome.
10.verbTo be a father to; to sire.
11.verbTo give rise to.
12.verbTo act as a father; to support and nurture.
13.verbTo provide with a father.
14.verbTo adopt as one's own.