3. To provide with a father. [R.] 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.
FATHERHOOD
Fa"ther*hood, n.
Defn: The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.
FATHER-IN-LAW
Fa"ther-in-law`, n.; pl. Fathers-in-law (.
Defn: The father of one's husband or wife; — correlative to son-in- law and daughter-in-law.
Note: A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law.
FATHERLAND
Fa"ther*land", n. Etym: [Imitated fr. D. vaderland. See Father, and
Land.]
Defn: One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors.
FATHER-LASHER
Fa"ther-lash`er, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; — called also lucky proach.