fathering
noun
[ ˈfɑːð(ə)rɪŋ ]
• the activity of bringing up a child as a father.
• "Charlie's stern fathering of his daughter"
fathering
adjective
• relating to the activity of bringing up a child as a father.
• "the majority of fathers described at least some transformation in their fathering style"
father
verb
• (of a man) cause a pregnancy resulting in the birth of (a child).
• "he fathered three children"
Similar:
be the father of,
sire,
engender,
generate,
bring into being,
bring into the world,
give life to,
spawn,
procreate,
reproduce,
breed,
beget,
Origin:
Old English fæder, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vader and German Vater, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin pater and Greek patēr .
