FATHER (2)

father (2). Father, v.t. to adopt a child, assign, ascribe

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Fa″ther (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fathered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fathering.] 1. 1. To make one's self the father of; to beget.
Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base. Shak. 2. 2. To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).
Men of wit Often fathered what he writ. Swift. 3. 3. To provide with a father.
Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded ? Shak. To father on or upon, to ascribe to, or charge upon, as one's offspring or work; to put or lay upon as being responsible. “Nothing can be so uncouth or extravagant, which may not be fathered on some fetch of wit, or some caprice of humor.” Barrow.