Part 4194

<h1>Fateful</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fate"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a. .</tt> <def>Having the power of serving or accomplishing fate.</def> "The <i>fateful</i> steel."

<i>J. Barlow.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Significant of fate; ominous.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>fateful</b> cawings of the crow. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fate"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt>- <wf>Fate"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Fathead</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fat"head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cyprinoid fish of the Mississippi valley (<spn>Pimephales promelas</spn>); -- called also <altname>black-headed minnow</altname>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A labroid food fish of California; the redfish.</def>

<h1>Father</h1> <Xpage=545>

<hw>Fa"ther</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fader</ets>, AS. <ets>f\'91der</ets>; akin to OS. <ets>fadar</ets>, D. <ets>vader</ets>, OHG. <ets>fatar</ets>, G. <ets>vater</ets>, Icel. <ets>Fa<?/ir</ets> Sw. & Dan. <ets>fader</ets>, OIr. <ets>athir</ets>, L. <ets>pater</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, Skr. <ets>pitr</ets>, perh. fr. Skr. <ets>p\'be</ets> protect. <?/<?/<?/,<?/<?/<?/. Cf. <er>Papa</er>, <er>Paternal</er>, <er>Patriot</er>, <er>Potential</er>, <er>Pablum</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.</def>

<blockquote>A wise son maketh a glad <b>father</b>. <i>Prov. x. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, <i>fathers</i>, ancestors.</def>

<blockquote>David slept with his <b>fathers</b>. <i>1 Kings ii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Abraham, who is the <b>father</b> of us all. <i>Rom. iv. 16.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.</def>

<blockquote>I was a <b>father</b> to the poor. <i>Job xxix. 16.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>He hath made me a <b>father</b> to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house. <i>Gen. xiv. 8.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A respectful mode of address to an old man.</def>

<blockquote>And Joash the king og Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my <b>father</b>, my <b>father</b>! <i>2 Kings xiii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A senator of ancient Rome.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also <altname>father confessor</altname>), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Bless you, good <b>father</b> friar ! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>One of the chief esslesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; -- often spoken of collectively as <i>the Fathers</i>; <as>as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic <ex>Fathers</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>father</b> of all such as handle the harp and organ. <i>Gen. iv. 21.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Might be the <b>father</b>, Harry, to that thought. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>father</b> of good news. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.</def>