Father

  1. Proper noun.  (Christianity) God, the father of Creation.
  2. Proper noun.  A title given to priests.
  3. Proper noun.  One's father.
  4. Noun.  A male who sires (and often raises) a child.
  5. Noun.  A term of address for an elderly man.
  6. Noun.  A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
  7. Noun.  The founder of a discipline or science.
  8. Verb.  To be a father to; to sire.
  9. Verb.  (figuratively) To give rise to.
  10. Verb.  To act as a father; to support and nurture.

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