Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so
husbanded ?
Shak.
To father on or 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.
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Fa"ther*hood (?), n. The state of being a father; the character or
authority of a father; paternity.
Fa"ther-in-law` (?), n.; pl. Fathers-in-law (&?;). The father of one's
husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter- in-law.
A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though
erroneously, called their father-in-law.
Fa"ther*land" (?), n. [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See Father, and
Land.] One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or
ancestors.
Fa"ther-lash`er (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A European marine fish (Cottus
bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.
Fa"ther*less, a. 1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless
child.