Definition of mother

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Mother (v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

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Cognation :: Cognation (n.) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.
Mammothrept :: Mammothrept (n.) A child brought up by its grandmother; a spoiled child.
Semele :: Semele (n.) A daughter of Cadmus, and by Zeus mother of Bacchus..
Pentecostals :: Pentecostals (n. pl.) Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost..
Mothery :: Mothery (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar)..
Moder :: Moder (n.) A mother.
Stepdaughter :: Stepdame (n.) A stepmother.
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
Matricide :: Matricide (n.) One who murders one's own mother.
Maternal :: Maternal (a.) Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness..
Uncle :: Uncle (n.) The brother of one's father or mother; also applied to an aunt's husband; -- the correlative of aunt in sex, and of nephew and niece in relationship..
Overlay :: Overlay (v. t.) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon..
Mother :: Mother (v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.
Metronymic :: Metronymic (a.) Derived from the name of one's mother, or other female ancestor; as, a metronymic name or appellation. -- A metronymic appellation..
Nestorian :: Nestorian (n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian..
Mother :: Mother (n.) An old woman or matron.
Quartter :: Quartter (v. t.) To arrange (different coats of arms) upon one escutcheon, as when a man inherits from both father and mother the right to bear arms..
Smotheringly :: Smotheringly (adv.) In a smothering manner.
Grandam :: Grandam (n.) An old woman; specifically, a grandmother..
Lion''s Tail :: Lion's tail () A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. L. Cardiaca is the common motherwort.
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