A (generally human) male who begets a child.
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
A term of respectful address for a priest.
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
The founder of a discipline or science.
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
Something inanimate that begets.
A senator of Ancient Rome.
To be a father to; to sire.
To give rise to.
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
To provide with a father.
To adopt as one's own.