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fathered

VERB

sire

Synonyms

STRONGEST

conceive

STRONG

beget create engender establish found generate invent originate procreate produce spawn trigger

WEAK

dream up sow the seeds of

Antonyms

STRONG

destroy end finish halt kill result ruin stop

WEAK

mother

Example Sentences

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Calva portrays Oscar, a therapist who winds up romantically involved with Firstman’s character, a gay man who learns he fathered a son and now must take care of him.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

He has since fathered five children through a pair of surrogates and anonymous egg donors.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

In 2001, Jackson was publicly called to account for his own affair, when it was revealed he had had a relationship with a member of his staff and fathered a child.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Durov fathered his first two children with a girlfriend while still running VK, in 2009 and 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

“Because he’d fathered the child with Eldred’s consort and was afraid Eldred would find out and choose another of us for his heir.”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black