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- verb Present participle of
father .
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Examples
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With being part-Donna, there's plausable deniability about the Doctor's sexuality and he can compete with Jack in fathering the most children by the end of the Universe.
Yet another Doctor Who Post about the Pony! rabid1st 2009
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In today's society, we very often see the noun function without the verb function: biological fathering is not followed by the continuing presence and nurturing of the male parent.
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It's SO much about finding a father and what real fathering is like and what it's like for a child to not have a good father and a good home but yet to long for one and then, eventually, to find a real life one.
"Mad Bitches Against Gay People" Roger Sutton 2007
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One possible agenda is the male's clear interest in fathering the female's chicks.
Boing Boing: January 29, 2006 - February 4, 2006 Archives 2006
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I told him if further fathering were a no-go, Iwouldunderstand, wecouldremain friends, weshould finish our drinks, and forever after remain fully clothed.
Redux: Things I Should Have Done #4 Cherise Wolas 2010
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Pope's Essay on Man gave Wilkes the idea of fathering on him the notes on the Essay on Woman.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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Luz, 22 - who is less than half Madge's age - is apparently ecstatic at the idea of fathering the Material Girl's child.
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Luz, 22 - who is less than half Madge's age - is apparently ecstatic at the idea of fathering the Material Girl's child.
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Luz, 22 - who is less than half Madge's age - is apparently ecstatic at the idea of fathering the Material Girl's child.
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Given the kind of fathering he had, it's amazing he's not in prison, and the fact is this: most men don't change, and he did.
9/30/02 Day 2 of our 2002
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