Father

FATHER

n.

1. 1. A male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child.
   2. A man who adopts a child.
   3. A man who raises a child.
2. A male parent of an animal.
3. A male ancestor.
4. A man who creates, originates, or founds something: Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.
5. An early form; a prototype.
6. Father Christianity.
   1. God.
   2. The first person of the Christian Trinity.
7. An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
8. A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
9. One of the leading men, as of a city: the town fathers.
10. or Father A church father.
11. (Abbr. Fr.)
    1. A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
    2. Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.

v., -thered, -ther·ing, -thers. v.tr.

1. To procreate (offspring) as the male parent.
2. To act or serve as a father to (a child).
3. To create, found, or originate.
4. To acknowledge responsibility for.
5. 1. To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of.
   2. To assign falsely or unjustly; foist.

v.intr.

To act or serve as a father.

[Middle English fader, from Old English fæder.]

DAY

n.

1. The period of light between dawn and nightfall; the interval from sunrise to sunset.
2. 1. The 24-hour period during which the earth completes one rotation on its axis.
   2. The period during which a celestial body makes a similar rotation.
3. (Abbr. D) One of the numbered 24-hour periods into which a week, month, or year is divided.
4. The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business: an eight-hour day; a sale that lasted for three days.
5. A 24-hour period or a portion of it that is reserved for a certain activity: a day of rest.
6. 1. A specific, characteristic period in one's lifetime: In Grandmother's day, skirts were long.
   2. A period of opportunity or prominence: Every defendant is entitled to a day in court. That child will have her day.
7. A period of time in history; an era: We studied the tactics used in Napoleon's day. The day of computer science is well upon us.
8. days Period of life or activity: The sick cat's days will soon be over.

adj.

1. Of or relating to the day.
2. Working during the day: the day nurse.
3. Occurring before nightfall: a day hike.

Father's Day 2007 is Sunday, June 17.

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