fathered

past tense of father
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 Combs fathered Christian and twin girls, Jessie and D’Lila, with Porter. Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024

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“Fathered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathered. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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