'To father on' definitions:
Definition of 'To father on'
From: GCIDE
- Father \Fa"ther\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathered; p. pr. & vb. n. Fathering.]
- 1. To make one's self the father of; to beget. [1913 Webster]
- Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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.). [1913 Webster]
- Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To provide with a father. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- To father on or To father 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To father on'
- Father,
- Fathered,
- Fathering,
- Fatherly,
- Our Father,
- Adoptive father,
- Apostolic father,
- Conscript fathers,
- Father Time,
- Father in God,
- Father longlegs,
- Father of lies,
- Father of the Faithful,
- Father of the bar,
- Father of the house,
- Fathers of the city,
- Foster father,
- Holy Father,
- Natural father,
- Penny father,
- Pilgrim fathers,
- Primitive Fathers,
- Putative father,
- Shrift father,
- Spiritual father,
- The Holy Father,
- To father upon,
- apostelic father,
- church father,
- city father,
- father brown,
- father christmas,
- father confessor,
- father figure,
- father of radio,
- father of the church,
- father of the submarine,
- father surrogate,
- father's day,
- founding father,
- pilgrim father,
- Conscript fathers etc,
- Father-God,
- Father-in-law,
- Father-lasher,
- Fathers-in-law,
- Most Reverend Father in God,
- To be gathered to one's fathers,
- father-figure,
- foster-father