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 I.  noun 
 Etymology: Middle English fader, from Old English fæder; akin to Old High German fater father, Latin pater, Greek patēr Date: before 12th century 
 
 1. a man who has begotten a child, b. capitalized  god  1, the first person of the Trinity,  forefather  , 
 
 3. one related to another in a way suggesting that of father to child, an old man, a pre-Scholastic Christian writer accepted by the church as an authoritative witness to its teaching and practice, 
 
 5. one that originates or institutes ,  source  ,  prototype  , a priest of the regular clergy, one of the leading men (as of a city), fatherhood  noun fatherless  adjective fatherlike  adjective or  adverb 
 
 II.  verb (fathered; fathering)
 Date: 15th century
 transitive  verb 
 
 1.  beget  , to be the founder, producer, or author of , to accept responsibility for, 
 
 2. to fix the paternity or origin of, to place responsibility for the origin or cause of ,  foist  ,  impose  , intransitive  verb to care for or look after someone as a father might

 father christmas 
  noun 
 Date: 1658
  Santa Claus  

 father figure 
  noun 
 Date: 1934
 a person often of particular power or influence who serves as an emotional substitute for a father

 father image 
  noun 
 Date: 1937
 an idealization of one's father often projected onto someone to whom one looks for guidance and protection

 father time 
  noun 
 Date: 1590
 time personified especially as a bearded old man holding a scythe and an hourglass