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father
Any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
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  1. Any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
  2. A man who serves or is thought of as a protector:
  3. An adoptive father
mother
A woman who gives birth to a child.
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  1. A woman who gives birth to a child.
  2. A woman whose egg unites with a sperm, producing an embryo.
  3. (Short for) mother of vinegar
stepparent
A stepfather or stepmother
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  1. A stepfather or stepmother
  2. The person who has married one's parent after the death of or divorce from the other parent; stepfather or stepmother
stepfather
A male stepparent
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  1. A male stepparent
  2. A man who is a stepparent.
stepmother
A female stepparent
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  1. A female stepparent
  2. A woman who is a stepparent.
procreator
One who procreates; a father or mother.
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  1. One who procreates; a father or mother.
progenitor
A direct ancestor.
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  1. A direct ancestor.
  2. A forefather; ancestor in direct line
  3. A source from which something develops; originator or precursor
sire
(--- Archaic) A person of authority; man of high rank
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  1. (--- Archaic) A person of authority; man of high rank
  2. A title of respect used in addressing a king, equivalent to “your majesty”
  3. A biological father.
raise
To voice; utter:
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  1. To voice; utter:
  2. To bring about; provoke:
  3. To stir up; instigate:
rear
To build; erect.
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  1. To build; erect.
  2. To bring up by educating, nurturing, training, etc.; raise
  3. (Archaic) To lift upright; raise.
foster
To bring up; nurture:
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  1. To bring up; nurture:
  2. To help to grow or develop; stimulate; promote
  3. To nurture or bring up offspring; or to provide similar parental care to an unrelated child.
ancestor
Any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a grandparent; forefather; forebear
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  1. Any person from whom one is descended, esp. one earlier in a family line than a grandparent; forefather; forebear
  2. Anything regarded as a precursor or forerunner of a later thing
  3. A forerunner or predecessor.
antecedent
(Grammar) The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they were going.
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  1. (Grammar) The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they were going.
  2. One's ancestry, past life, training, etc.
  3. (Gram.) The word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
ascendant
A dominating position; ascendancy
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  1. A dominating position; ascendancy
  2. An ancestor.
  3. (Astrol.) The sign of the zodiac just above the eastern horizon at any given moment, specif. at the time of one's birth
father
Any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
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  1. Any man deserving of respect or reverence because of age, position, etc.
  2. A man who serves or is thought of as a protector:
  3. An adoptive father
forebear
A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
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  1. A person from whom one is descended; an ancestor.
  2. An ancestor
forefather
An ancestor
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  1. An ancestor
  2. Cultural ancestor; one who originated an idea or tradition.
  3. A person who is from an earlier time and has originated or contributed to a common tradition shared by a particular group.
foremother
A female ancestor
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  1. A female ancestor
  2. A woman ancestor.
mother
A woman who gives birth to a child.
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  1. A woman who gives birth to a child.
  2. A woman whose egg unites with a sperm, producing an embryo.
  3. (Short for) mother of vinegar
progenitor
A direct ancestor.
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  1. A direct ancestor.
  2. A forefather; ancestor in direct line
  3. A source from which something develops; originator or precursor
predecessor
Something that has been succeeded by another:
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  1. Something that has been succeeded by another:
  2. An ancestor; forefather
  3. One who precedes another in time, especially in holding an office or position.
architect
One that plans, devises, or organizes something:
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  1. One that plans, devises, or organizes something:
  2. A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
  3. A person whose profession is designing and drawing up plans for buildings, bridges, etc. and generally supervising the construction
author
One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
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  1. One who writes or constructs an electronic document or system, such as a website.
  2. God.
  3. A writer of a book, article, etc.; often specif., a person whose profession is writing books
creator
One who creates
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  1. One who creates
  2. One that creates:
  3. God. Used with the.
entrepreneur
A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
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  1. A person who organizes a risky activity of any kind and acts substantially in the manner of a business entrepreneur.
father
An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
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  1. An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
  2. A man who serves or is thought of as a protector:
  3. An adoptive father
founder
A person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.
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  1. A person who founds, or casts, metals, glass, etc.
  2. One who establishes something or formulates the basis for something:
  3. Founding father
inventor
A person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.
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  1. A person who invents; esp., one who devises a new contrivance, method, etc.
maker
One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
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  1. One that makes or manufactures. Often used in combination:
  2. (Archaic) A poet
  3. God. Often used with a possessive adjective:
originator
Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
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  1. Someone who originates, creates or founds something.
patriarch
The father and ruler of a family or tribe, as one of the founders of the ancient Hebrew families: in the Bible, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons were patriarchs
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  1. The father and ruler of a family or tribe, as one of the founders of the ancient Hebrew families: in the Bible, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob's twelve sons were patriarchs
  2. Used formerly as a title for the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria.
  3. A person regarded as the founder or father of a colony, religion, business, etc.
beginning
That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
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  1. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source.
  2. The act or process of bringing or being brought into being; a start:
  3. The initial portion of some extended thing.
derivation
In generative linguistics, the generation of a linguistic structure through an ordered or partially ordered series of operations on other structures, such as the creation of a surface structure from a deep structure, or of a complex word from its morphological components.
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  1. In generative linguistics, the generation of a linguistic structure through an ordered or partially ordered series of operations on other structures, such as the creation of a surface structure from a deep structure, or of a complex word from its morphological components.
  2. The form or source from which something is derived; an origin.
  3. (--- Gram.) The process of forming words from bases by the addition of affixes other than inflectional morphemes, or by internal phonetic change
fount
A device from which poultry may drink
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  1. A device from which poultry may drink
  2. (Figuratively) that from which something flows or proceeds
  3. One that initiates or dispenses; a source:
fountain
A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
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  1. A structure, often decorative, from which a jet or stream of water issues.
  2. The source or beginning of a stream
  3. A spring, especially the source of a stream.
fountainhead
An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
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  1. An abundant source of knowledge, etc.
  2. A spring that is the source of a stream
  3. The original or main source of anything
mother
A woman who gives birth to a child.
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  1. A woman who gives birth to a child.
  2. A woman whose egg unites with a sperm, producing an embryo.
  3. A stringy slime composed of yeast cells and bacteria that forms on the surface of fermenting liquids and is added to wine or cider to start the production of vinegar.
origin
The fact of originating; rise or derivation:
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  1. The fact of originating; rise or derivation:
  2. A coming into existence or use; beginning
  3. That in which something has its beginning; source; root; cause
provenance
The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.
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  1. The records or documents authenticating such an object or the history of its ownership.
  2. Origin; derivation; source
  3. The history of the ownership of an object, especially when documented or authenticated. Used of artworks, antiques, and books.
provenience
Origin; derivation
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  1. Origin; derivation
  2. (Archaeology) Source; origin.
root
The source, origin, or cause of an action, quality, condition, etc.
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  1. The source, origin, or cause of an action, quality, condition, etc.
  2. The close ties one has with some place or people as through birth, upbringing, long and sympathetic association, etc.
  3. A plant part that usually grows underground, secures the plant in place, absorbs minerals and water, and stores food manufactured by leaves and other plant parts. Roots grow in a root system. Eudicots and magnoliids have a central, longer, and larger taproot with many narrower lateral roots branching off, while monocots have a mass of threadlike fibrous roots , which are roughly the same length and remain close to the surface of the soil. In vascular plants, roots usually consist of a central cylinder of vascular tissue, surrounded by the pericycle and endodermis, then a thick layer of cortex, and finally an outer epidermis or (in woody plants) periderm. Only finer roots (known as feeder roots) actively take up water and minerals, generally in the uppermost meter of soil. These roots absorb minerals primarily through small epidermal structures known as root hairs. In certain plants, adventitious roots grow out from the stem above ground as aerial roots or prop roots, bending down into the soil, to facilitate the exchange of gases or increase support. Certain plants (such as the carrot and beet) have fleshy storage roots with abundant parenchyma in their vascular tissues.
rootstock
(By extension) The necessary basis for something to develop
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  1. (By extension) The necessary basis for something to develop
  2. (Agriculture) A healthy plant that is used as the base for grafting a scion
  3. A root system of a plant, often with a portion of the stem, to which a shoot or bud is grafted.
source
A person, book, document, etc. that provides information
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  1. A person, book, document, etc. that provides information
  2. One, such as a person or document, that supplies information:
  3. A person or thing from which something comes into being or is derived or obtained:
spring
A usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress; recoil:
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  1. A usually rapid return to normal shape after removal of stress; recoil:
  2. A device, such as a coil of wire, that returns to its original shape after being compressed or stretched. Because of their ability to return to their original shape, springs are used to store energy, as in mechanical clocks, and to absorb or lessen energy, as in the suspension system of vehicles.
  3. A source, beginning, or motive:
well
A source of abundant supply; fount
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  1. A source of abundant supply; fount
  2. (--- Naut.) An enclosure in the hold of a ship for containing the pumps and protecting them from damage
  3. A compartment or recessed area in a ship, used for stowage:
beget
To cause to exist or occur; produce:
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  1. To cause to exist or occur; produce:
  2. To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
  3. To bring into being; produce
breed
To rear or train; bring up:
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  1. To rear or train; bring up:
  2. To produce (offspring); give birth to or hatch.
  3. To bring up, train, or educate
create
To give rise to; produce:
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  1. To give rise to; produce:
  2. To produce through artistic or imaginative effort:
  3. To cause to come into existence; bring into being; make; originate; esp., to make or design (something requiring art, skill, invention, etc.)
engender
(Critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. [from 20th c.]
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  1. (Critical theory) To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender. [from 20th c.]
  2. To bring into existence; give rise to:
  3. To bring into being; bring about; cause; produce
father
To bring into being; found, originate, or invent
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  1. To bring into being; found, originate, or invent
  2. To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce (an embryo, fetus, or child).
  3. To look after or care for as a father does
hatch
To bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth
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  1. To bring forth (young) from an egg or eggs by applying warmth
  2. To emerge from or break out of an egg.
  3. To bring (a plan, idea, etc.) into existence; esp., to plan in a secret or underhanded way; plot
make
To rise or accumulate:
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  1. To rise or accumulate:
  2. To achieve, produce, or attain:
  3. To draw up and execute in a suitable form:
originate
To come into being; begin; start
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  1. To come into being; begin; start
  2. To bring into being; create or start:
  3. To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent
procreate
To produce (offspring); reproduce.
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  1. To produce (offspring); reproduce.
  2. To produce or bring into existence
  3. To originate, create or produce something.
produce
To bear, yield, create, manufacture, etc. something
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  1. To bear, yield, create, manufacture, etc. something
  2. To make or yield products or a product:
  3. To make or manufacture
sire
To beget
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  1. To beget
  2. To be the male individual or gamete producing (an animal's offspring or a plant's seed) through sexual reproduction:
  3. To be the biological father of (a child).
spawn
To produce or deposit (spawn).
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  1. To produce or deposit (spawn).
  2. To bring forth or be the source of (esp. something regarded with contempt and produced in great numbers)
  3. To produce or give rise to:
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  • What causes a parent to love one child more than another?

  • And the one to do it is the parent or the special teacher, not the school.

  • He's gone from one foster parent to another.

  • Where was the parent which hatched it, its kindred, and its father in the heavens?

  • Several are only known in cultivation, and we have but little knowledge of the wild parent forms from which they have descended.

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