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Father is a related term of develop.

As a proper noun father

is (christianity) god, the father of creation.

As a verb develop is

to change with a specific direction, progress.

father

English

Noun

(en noun)

A (generally human) male who begets a child.

* Bible, Proverbs x. 1

A wise son maketh a glad father .

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A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

* Bible, 1 Kings ii. 10

David slept with his fathers .

* Bible, Rom. iv. 16

Abraham, who is the father of us all

* Shakespeare

Bless you, good father friar!

A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

* Bible, Job xxix. 16

I was a father to the poor.

* Bible, Genesis xiv. 8

He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.

The founder of a discipline or science.

A senator of Ancient Rome.

Synonyms

* (parent) See also

Antonyms

* (with regards to gender) mother * (with regards to ancestry) son, daughter, child

Hypernyms

* (a male parent) parent

Derived terms

* Father Christmas * Father of Lies * Father Time * Father's Day * fatherhood * father-in-law * fatherland * fatherless * fatherliness * fatherly * forefather * godfather * God the Father * grandfather * great-grandfather * Heavenly Father * how's your father * * stepfather

Verb

(en verb)

To be a father to; to sire.

* 1592 , v 4

Well, go to; we'll have no bastards live; Especially since Charles must father it.

(figuratively) To give rise to.

* 1610 — ii 2

Cowards father cowards and base things sire base.

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

* 1610 — iv 2

Ay, good youth! And rather father thee than master thee.

To provide with a father.

* Shakespeare

Think you I am no stronger than my sex, / Being so fathered and so husbanded?

To adopt as one's own.

* Jonathan Swift

Men of wit / Often fathered what he writ.

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develop

English

(Development)

Alternative forms

* develope (obsolete)

Verb

To change with a specific direction, progress.

(ambitransitive) To progress through a sequence of stages.

* Owen

All insects acquire the jointed legs before the wings are fully developed .

To advance; to further; to promote the growth of.

* Jowett (Thucyd)

We must develop our own resources to the utmost.

To create.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Catherine Clabby

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Focus on Everything , passage=Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.

To bring out images latent in photographic film.

To acquire something usually over a period of time.

(chess) To place one's pieces actively.

(snooker, pool) To cause a ball to become more open and available to be played on later. Usually by moving it away from the cushion, or by opening a pack.

(math) To change the form of (an algebraic expression, etc.) by executing certain indicated operations without changing the value.

Usage notes

* Objects: plan, software, program, product, story, idea.