Definition of "fathering" []

• Present participle of father. (verb)

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• "With being part-Donna, there's plausable deniability about the Doctor's sexuality and he can compete with Jack in fathering the most children by the end of the Universe."
• "In today's society, we very often see the noun function without the verb function: biological fathering is not followed by the continuing presence and nurturing of the male parent."
• "It's SO much about finding a father and what real fathering is like and what it's like for a child to not have a good father and a good home but yet to long for one and then, eventually, to find a real life one."