Crossword-Solution: FATHER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Father | n. | One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. |
| Father | n. | A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors. |
| Father | n. | One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection. |
| Father | n. | A respectful mode of address to an old man. |
| Father | n. | A senator of ancient Rome. |
| Father | n. | A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc. |
| Father | n. | One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers. |
| Father | n. | One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher. |
| Father | n. | The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity. |
| Father | v. t. | To make one's self the father of; to beget. |
| Father | v. t. | To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.). |
| Father | v. t. | To provide with a father. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| FATHER | anagram | THERAF |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with FATHER (5)
For instance, they may remember to mention, a week after the event happened, that when they were in the wood they had met their dead father and had a game with him.
Call him no more Mudjekeewis, Call him Kabeyun, the West-Wind!” Thus was Mudjekeewis chosen Father of the Winds of Heaven.
She spake, and at her words the hellish Pest Forbore, then these to her _Satan_ return’d: So strange thy outcry, and thy words so strange Thou interposest, that my sudden hand Prevented spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it intends; till first I know of thee, What thing thou art, thus double-form’d, and why In this infernal Vaile first met thou call’st Me Father, and that Fantasm call’st my Son? I know thee not, nor ever saw till now Sight more detestable then him and thee.
The Father And His Sons A FATHER had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves.
The Trinity, The Holy Trinity, The Trinity in Unity, The Triune God, God the Father Son and Holy Ghost.
Quotes with FATHER (3)
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father refuse thy name, thou art thyself thou not a montegue, what is montegue? tis nor hand nor foot nor any other part belonging to a man What is in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet, So Romeo would were he not Romeo called retain such dear perfection to which he owes without that title, Romeo, Doth thy name! And for that name which is no part of thee, take all thyself.
Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back." You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward." I can't.""I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret.""Tell me." I loved it when he was like this." I'm going to be th…
How could this be so, I wondered, as I read Mr. Underwood's editorial. Senseless killing--Tom had been given due process of law to the day of his death; he had been tried openly and convicted by twelve good men and true; my father had fought for him all the way. Then Mr. Underwood's meaning became clear: Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case. Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ew…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 47 times in crossword archives (1954–2022).