unfather verb 2noun 1forms 3 verb2 •To cause someone to be fatherless.Wendell's mother unfathers him twice-over (through dislike of her first husband) by giving him her maiden name and claiming his conception was immaculate (R, 20, 46-47). — 1991 •To cause someone to become less of a father.A son no son, unfathers me. Earth, sky and deep, rise, come, be father for me: ascend before him into the day, to cover him from all his light, and your annihilation fall on him! — 1978 noun1 •A man who is not a father. formsunfathered · unfathering · unfathers
