Begetter: alternatives and connections

Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the p…

To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.

Pertaining to adoption; made or acquired by adoption; fitted to adopt; as, an adoptive father, an child; an adoptive language.

The establishment or ascertaining of parentage; the assignment of a child, as a bastard, to its father; filiation.

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born o…

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes aft…

Related or akin by the father's side; also, sprung from the same male ancestor.

A word in one language corresponding with one in another; an analogous term; as, the Latin "pater" is the analogue of the English "fat…

the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride's father’

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.

Pertaining to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to…

The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinctio…

The sister of one's father or mother; -- correlative to nephew or niece. Also applied to an uncle's wife.

provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"

To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.

an established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's…

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"