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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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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

He then fathered three children, who were born in Russia between 2013 and 2017, with Irina Bolgar, a lawyer who now lives in Switzerland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

He then met Australian model Butcher in 2012 and fathered his two youngest children with her.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

There Diokles, son of Ortflokhos whom Alpheios fathered, welcomed the young men, and they slept the night.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer