Father
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- (COLLOQUIAL) អាពុក
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- (រាជវង្ស) ព្រះបិតា
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- (បព្វជិត) ញោមប្រុស
noun
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- (URBAN) ប៉ា
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- (ជនបទ) ឪ ឬ ពុក (បិតា)
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- (a male parent, a male ancestor, Father, God, the First Person of the Trinity, the title of certain priests, especially those belonging to religious orders, a male parent, a male guardian or protector) ព្រះបិតា, ញោមប្រុស, ឪពុក
verb — past tense: fathered ; past participle: fathered ; present participle: fathering ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to be the father, to care for as a father does) បណ្ដាលឲ្យកើត, នាំឲ្យកើត, ចិញ្ចឹម, រើសយក, យល់តាមយល់ព្រម, បង្កើត
Example: Father a child.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
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- 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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- One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
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- A respectful mode of address to an old man.
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- A senator of ancient Rome.
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- 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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- One of the chief esslesiastical 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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- 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 Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.
verb — past tense: fathered ; past participle: fathered ; present participle: fathering ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To make one's self the father of; to beget.
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- (TRANSITIVE) 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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- (TRANSITIVE) To provide with a father.
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- beget, create, engender, father, originate, procreate, produce, propagate, sire
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- abort, destroy, extinguish, kill, murder