re-fatherv.

Brit.

/riːˈfɑːðə/, U.S.

/ˌriˈfɑðər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, father n., father v.

Etymology: < re- prefix + either father n. or father v.

†1. transitive. To make (a person) a father again. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 127 At the happy word ‘he lives’ My father stoop'd, re-father'd o'er my wounds.

2. transitive. To give a new father to. Chiefly figurative.

ΚΠ

1869 N. Amer. Rev. July 294 He will probably keep it for this generation at least, and then it will be re-fathered on the likeliest wit of the next.

1968 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 4 Jan. 4/2 Happily, the evidence against Abner Doubleday's having fathered the game—or refathered it, so to speak, on American soil—is not conclusive.

1990 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 16 June Because of my relationship with Christ, I got a new ‘father’, and for 30 years, he's been in the process of re-fathering me.

2000 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 40 64 For Greenblatt, Spenser is a primary instance of ‘self-fashioning’ because he is a son who re-fathers himself.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	re-father
释义	re-fatherv. Brit. /riːˈfɑːðə/, U.S. /ˌriˈfɑðər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, father n., father v. Etymology: < re- prefix + either father n. or father v. †1. transitive. To make (a person) a father again. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess vi. 127 At the happy word ‘he lives’ My father stoop'd, re-father'd o'er my wounds. 2. transitive. To give a new father to. Chiefly figurative. ΚΠ 1869 N. Amer. Rev. July 294 He will probably keep it for this generation at least, and then it will be re-fathered on the likeliest wit of the next. 1968 News Jrnl. (Mansfield, Ohio) 4 Jan. 4/2 Happily, the evidence against Abner Doubleday's having fathered the game—or refathered it, so to speak, on American soil—is not conclusive. 1990 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 16 June Because of my relationship with Christ, I got a new ‘father’, and for 30 years, he's been in the process of re-fathering me. 2000 Stud. Eng. Lit. 1500–1900 40 64 For Greenblatt, Spenser is a primary instance of ‘self-fashioning’ because he is a son who re-fathers himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1847
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