father 音标拼音: [f'ɑðɚ]
n . 父亲,神父,创始者
vt . 当…的父亲,保护,创作,发明,培养
父亲,神父,创始者当…的父亲,保护,创作,发明,培养
father 上层
father 父
father n 1 :
a male parent (
also used as a term of address to your father ); "
his father was born in Atlanta " [
synonym : {
father },
{
male parent }, {
begetter }] [
ant : {
female parent }, {
mother }]
2 :
the founder of a family ; "
keep the faith of our forefathers "
[
synonym : {
forefather }, {
father }, {
sire }]
3 : `
Father '
is a term of address for priests in some churches (
especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church ); `
Padre '
is frequently used in the military [
synonym : {
Father }, {
Padre }]
4 : (
Christianity )
any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine ;
in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church ;
the best known Latin Church Fathers are Ambrose ,
Augustine ,
Gregory the Great ,
and Jerome ;
those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius ,
Basil ,
Gregory Nazianzen ,
and John Chrysostom [
synonym : {
Church Father }, {
Father of the Church },
{
Father }]
5 :
a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization ; "
the tennis fathers ruled in her favor ";
"
the city fathers endorsed the proposal "
6 :
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity ; "
hear our prayers ,
Heavenly Father " [
synonym : {
Father }, {
Father -
God },
{
Fatherhood }]
7 :
a person who founds or establishes some institution ; "
George Washington is the father of his country " [
synonym : {
founder },
{
beginner }, {
founding father }, {
father }]
8 :
the head of an organized crime family [
synonym : {
don }, {
father }]
v 1 :
make children ; "
Abraham begot Isaac "; "
Men often father children but don '
t recognize them " [
synonym : {
beget }, {
get },
{
engender }, {
father }, {
mother }, {
sire }, {
generate }, {
bring forth }]
Father \
Fa "
ther \ (
f [
aum ]"[
th ][~
e ]
r ),
n . [
OE .
fader ,
AS .
f [
ae ]
der ;
akin to OS .
fadar ,
D .
vader ,
OHG .
fatar ,
G .
vater ,
Icel .
fa [
eth ]
ir Sw . &
Dan .
fader ,
OIr .
athir ,
L .
pater ,
Gr .
path `
r ,
Skr .
pitr ,
perh .
fr .
Skr .
p [=
a ]
protect . [
root ]
75 ,
247 .
Cf . {
Papa }, {
Paternal }, {
Patriot }, {
Potential },
{
Pablum }.]
1 .
One who has begotten a child ,
whether son or daughter ;
a generator ;
a male parent .
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A wise son maketh a glad father . --
Prov .
x .
1 .
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2 .
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 .
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David slept with his fathers . --
1 Kings ii .
10 .
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Abraham ,
who is the father of us all . --
Rom .
iv .
16 .
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3 .
One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance ,
affetionate care ,
counsel ,
or protection .
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I was a father to the poor . --
Job xxix .
16 .
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He hath made me a father to Pharaoh ,
and lord of all his house . --
Gen .
xiv .
8 .
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4 .
A respectful mode of address to an old man .
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And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him [
Elisha ], . . .
and said ,
O my father ,
my father !
--
2 Kings xiii .
14 .
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5 .
A senator of ancient Rome .
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6 .
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 .
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Bless you ,
good father friar ! --
Shak .
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7 .
One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ ; --
often spoken of collectively as the Fathers ;
as ,
the Latin ,
Greek ,
or apostolic Fathers .
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8 .
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 .
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The father of all such as handle the harp and organ .
--
Gen .
iv .
21 .
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Might be the father ,
Harry ,
to that thought . --
Shak .
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The father of good news . --
Shak .
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9 .
The Supreme Being and Creator ;
God ;
in theology ,
the first person in the Trinity .
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Our Father ,
which art in heaven . --
Matt .
vi .
9 .
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Now had the almighty Father from above . . .
Bent down his eye . --
Milton .
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{
Adoptive father },
one who adopts the child of another ,
treating it as his own .
{
Apostolic father }, {
Conscript fathers ,
etc .}
See under {
Apostolic }, {
Conscript },
etc .
{
Father in God },
a title given to bishops .
{
Father of lies },
the Devil .
{
Father of the bar },
the oldest practitioner at the bar .
{
Fathers of the city },
the aldermen .
{
Father of the Faithful }.
(
a )
Abraham . --
Rom .
iv . --
Gal .
iii .
6 -
9 .
(
b )
Mohammed ,
or one of the sultans ,
his successors .
{
Father of the house },
the member of a legislative body who has had the longest continuous service .
{
Most Reverend Father in God },
a title given to archbishops and metropolitans ,
as to the archbishops of Canterbury and York .
{
Natural father },
the father of an illegitimate child .
{
Putative father },
one who is presumed to be the father of an illegitimate child ;
the supposed father .
{
Spiritual father }.
(
a )
A religious teacher or guide ,
esp .
one instrumental in leading a soul to God .
(
b ) (
R .
C .
Ch .)
A priest who hears confession in the sacrament of penance .
{
The Holy Father } (
R .
C .
Ch .),
the pope .
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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 .
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Cowards father cowards ,
and base things sire base .
--
Shak .
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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 .).
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Men of wit Often fathered what he writ . --
Swift .
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3 .
To provide with a father . [
R .]
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Think you I am no stronger than my sex ,
Being so fathered and so husbanded ? --
Shak .
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{
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 .
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "
Father ":
Ambrose of Milan ,
Athanasius ,
Barnabas ,
Basil ,
Brother ,
Clement of Alexandria ,
Clement of Rome ,
Cyprian of Carthage ,
Cyril of Jerusalem ,
Dom ,
Gregory of Nyssa ,
Hermas ,
His Grace ,
His Holiness ,
His Reverence ,
Holiness ,
Ignatius ,
Irenaeus ,
Jerome ,
John ,
John Chrysostom ,
Justin Martyr ,
Lactantius Firmianus ,
Luke ,
Mark ,
Monsignor ,
Mother ,
Origen ,
Papias ,
Paul ,
Peter ,
Polycarp ,
Rabbi ,
Sister ,
Tertullian ,
ante -
Nicene Fathers ,
apostle ,
disciple ,
evangelist ,
saint
260 Moby Thesaurus words for "
father ":
Establishment ,
VIP ,
abba ,
abbe ,
affiliate to ,
agent ,
ancestor ,
ancestors ,
apprentice ,
architect ,
artificer ,
artist ,
aunt ,
auntie ,
author ,
baron ,
bear ,
beget ,
begetter ,
beginner ,
big gun ,
big man ,
big name ,
bigwig ,
birth ,
blood brother ,
brass ,
brass hat ,
breed ,
breed true ,
brethren ,
bring about ,
bring forth ,
bring to birth ,
bring to effect ,
bring to pass ,
brother ,
bub ,
bubba ,
bud ,
buddy ,
builder ,
cassock ,
catalyst ,
cause ,
causer ,
celebrity ,
chaplain ,
clergyman ,
conceive ,
conceiver ,
confessor ,
constructor ,
copulate ,
country cousin ,
cousin ,
cousin once removed ,
cousin twice removed ,
craftsman ,
create ,
creator ,
crossbreed ,
cure ,
dad ,
daddy ,
daughter ,
dean ,
derive from ,
designer ,
deviser ,
dignitary ,
dignity ,
discoverer ,
do ,
doyen ,
doyenne ,
effect ,
effector ,
effectuate ,
elder ,
eldest ,
encourager ,
engender ,
engenderer ,
engineer ,
establish ,
executor ,
executrix ,
father confessor ,
father in Christ ,
figure ,
filiate to ,
first cousin ,
first -
born ,
firstling ,
forebear ,
forefather ,
foster brother ,
foster father ,
found ,
founder ,
frame ,
framer ,
frater ,
gallach ,
generate ,
generator ,
genitor ,
gestate ,
get ,
give birth to ,
give occasion to ,
give origin to ,
give rise to ,
governor ,
grandnephew ,
grandniece ,
granduncle ,
great man ,
great -
aunt ,
great -
uncle ,
grower ,
half brother ,
hatch ,
important person ,
inaugurate ,
inaugurator ,
inbreed ,
industrialist ,
initiate ,
initiator ,
inspirer ,
instigator ,
institute ,
institutor ,
interests ,
introducer ,
invent ,
inventor ,
journeyman ,
kid brother ,
lion ,
lords of creation ,
magnate ,
make ,
make love ,
maker ,
man of mark ,
manufacturer ,
master ,
master craftsman ,
minister ,
mogul ,
mother ,
motor ,
mover ,
multiply ,
nabob ,
name ,
nephew ,
niece ,
notability ,
notable ,
nuncle ,
nunks ,
nunky ,
occasion ,
old boy ,
old man ,
older ,
oldest ,
organizer ,
originate ,
originator ,
outbreed ,
pa ,
padre ,
panjandrum ,
pap ,
papa ,
pappy ,
parent ,
parish priest ,
parson ,
past master ,
pastor ,
pater ,
paterfamilias ,
patriarch ,
penitentiary ,
person of renown ,
personage ,
personality ,
pillar of society ,
planner ,
pop ,
pops ,
power ,
power elite ,
precursor ,
presbyter ,
priest ,
prime mover ,
primogenitor ,
primum mobile ,
procreate ,
produce ,
producer ,
progenerate ,
progenitor ,
proliferate ,
promoter ,
propagate ,
raiser ,
realize ,
realizer ,
reproduce in kind ,
ruling circle ,
sachem ,
second cousin ,
senior ,
set afloat ,
set on foot ,
set up ,
shaper ,
shepherd ,
sire ,
sis ,
sissy ,
sister ,
sister -
german ,
sistern ,
sky pilot ,
smith ,
soil ,
somebody ,
something ,
son ,
spawn ,
spiritual director ,
spiritual father ,
stepbrother ,
stepfather ,
stepsister ,
supporter ,
the great ,
the old man ,
the top ,
top brass ,
top people ,
trace to ,
tycoon ,
unc ,
uncle ,
uncs ,
uterine brother ,
very important person ,
work ,
worthy ,
wright Father a name applied (
1 )
to any ancestor (
Deut .
1 :
11 ;
1 Kings 15 :
11 ;
Matt .
3 :
9 ;
23 :
30 ,
etc .);
and (
2 )
as a title of respect to a chief ,
ruler ,
or elder ,
etc . (
Judg .
17 :
10 ;
18 :
19 ;
1 Sam .
10 :
12 ;
2 Kings 2 :
12 ;
Matt .
23 :
9 ,
etc .). (
3 )
The author or beginner of anything is also so called ;
e .
g .,
Jabal and Jubal (
Gen .
4 :
20 ,
21 ;
comp .
Job 38 :
28 ).
Applied to God (
Ex .
4 :
22 ;
Deut .
32 :
6 ;
2 Sam .
7 :
14 ;
Ps .
89 :
27 ,
28 ,
etc .). (
1 .)
As denoting his covenant relation to the Jews (
Jer .
31 :
9 ;
Isa .
63 :
16 ;
64 :
8 ;
John 8 :
41 ,
etc .).
(
2 .)
Believers are called God '
s "
sons " (
John 1 :
12 ;
Rom .
8 :
16 ;
Matt .
6 :
4 ,
8 ,
15 ,
18 ;
10 :
20 ,
29 ).
They also call him "
Father "
(
Rom .
1 :
7 ;
1 Cor .
1 :
3 ;
2 Cor .
1 :
2 ;
Gal .
1 :
4 )
FATHER .
PUTATIVE .
A reputed father .
Vide Putative father .
FATHER ,
domestic relations .
He by whom a child is begotten .
2 .
A father is the natural guardian of his children ,
and his duty by the natural law consists in maintaining them and educating them during their infancy ,
and making a necessary provision for their happiness in life .
This latter ,
however ,
is a duty which the law does not enforce .
3 .
By law ,
the father is bound to support his children ,
if of sufficient ability ,
even though they have property of their own .
1 Bro .
C .
C .
387 ;
4 Mass .
R .
97 ;
2 Mass .
R .
415 5 Rawle ,
323 .
But he is not bound ,
without some agreement ,
to pay another for maintaining them ;
9 C . &
P .
497 ;
nor is he bound to pay their debts ,
unless he has authorized them to be contracted .
38 E .
C .
L .
R .
195 ,
n .
See 8 Watts ,
R .
366 1 Craig . &
Phil .
317 ;
Bind ;
Nother ;
Parent .
This obligation ceases as soon as the child becomes of age ,
unless he becomes chargeable to the public .
1 Ld .
Ray .
699 .
4 .
The rights of the father are authority over his children ,
to enforce all his lawful commands ,
and to correct with moderation his children for disobedience .
A father may delegate his power over the person of his child to a tutor or instructor ,
the better to accomplish the purposes of his education .
This power ceases on the arrival of the child at the age of twenty -
one years .
Generally ,
the father is entitled to the services of his children during their minority .
4 S . &
R .
207 ;
Bouv .
Inst .
Index ,
h .
t .
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FATHER Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of FATHER is a male parent How to use father in a sentence a male parent; a man who has begotten a child; also : a male animal who has sired an offspring; god… See the full definition Games; Word of the Day; Grammar; Wordplay; Slang; Rhymes; Word Finder; Thesaurus; Join MWU; More Games; Word of the Day;
FATHER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary FATHER definition: 1 a male parent: 2 (the title of) a Christian priest, especially a Roman Catholic or Orthodox… Learn more