father
noun
a man who begets offspring; a male parent.
had fathered
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past perfectof father.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The split came after Williams learned that Hunter had fathered a child with another woman.
From Salon ● Feb. 27, 2024
A High Court on Thursday declined to delay the funeral pending a woman’s legal claim that Kiptum had fathered her child.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
That same year, Singer won Thompson a $50,000 default judgment in a libel lawsuit against a woman who said the basketball player had fathered her child.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023
Having split from her husband, she found herself locked in a long custody battle with the journalist John Waters, who had fathered her second child, a daughter named Roisin.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2023
Let them say that Eddard Stark had fathered four sons, not three.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
