as in sired
to become the father of
Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered
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Recent Examples of fathered
Spike has fathered three other calves at other zoos but none survived, the zoo said.
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Jack Guy, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Nonetheless, none fathered children, meaning Hitler’s bloodline will indeed definitively end after this generation.
—Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Long Lance’s maternal grandfather was a North Carolina state senator who visited Carson’s plantation often and fathered Sallie and another child with Adeline.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Aspen is her mother Alika’s first calf, and is the third calf fathered by a giraffe named Aiden, the zoo said.
—Kendrick Calfee
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Clapton fathered his first child, Ruth, with Yvonne Kelly in 1985.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Her first appearance on the Norman Lear classic was as Marilyn Sanders, a woman who shows up, young child in tow, on the Bunker family’s doorstop claiming that the little boy was fathered by Gloria’s husband Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
The seven-episode miniseries follows four sisters who suspect that their father might be having an affair — and might also have fathered a child with the other woman.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The study, however, was only able to show that a Jefferson family member, not Jefferson specifically, fathered Eston Hemings.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Nov. 2025
Jack Guy, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Nonetheless, none fathered children, meaning Hitler’s bloodline will indeed definitively end after this generation.
—Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
Long Lance’s maternal grandfather was a North Carolina state senator who visited Carson’s plantation often and fathered Sallie and another child with Adeline.
—David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Aspen is her mother Alika’s first calf, and is the third calf fathered by a giraffe named Aiden, the zoo said.
—Kendrick Calfee
january 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Clapton fathered his first child, Ruth, with Yvonne Kelly in 1985.
—Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
Her first appearance on the Norman Lear classic was as Marilyn Sanders, a woman who shows up, young child in tow, on the Bunker family’s doorstop claiming that the little boy was fathered by Gloria’s husband Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner).
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
The seven-episode miniseries follows four sisters who suspect that their father might be having an affair — and might also have fathered a child with the other woman.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
The study, however, was only able to show that a Jefferson family member, not Jefferson specifically, fathered Eston Hemings.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathered
sired
Verb
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Spike had sired three elephant calves at other zoos, but none survived.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Kiko sired two calves, with a third due early this year.—
Erin Clements,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Fathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathered. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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