Father
A father (or dad) is defined as a male parent or Individual progenitor of human offspring. The adjective "paternal" refers to a father and comparatively to "maternal" for a mother. The verb "to father" means to procreate or to sire a child from which also derives the gerund "fathering". Fathers determine the gender of their child through a sperm cell which either contains an X chromosome (female), or Y chromosome (male).
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Famous quotes containing the word father:
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name,
Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And Ill no longer be a Capulet.”
—William Shakespeare (15641616)
“My father ... pickd up an opinion, Sir, as a man in a state of nature picks up an apple.It becomes his own,and if he is a man of spirit, he would lose his life rather than give it up.”
—Laurence Sterne (17131768)
“Dead of a dark thing, John Holmes, youve been lost
in the college chapel, mourned as father and teacher,
mourned with piety and grace under the University Cross.”
—Anne Sexton (19281974)