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noun
1.
the state of being a father; fatherhood.
2.
derivation or acquirement from a father.
3.
origin or authorship.
adjective
4.
noting or pertaining to a legal dispute in which an unwed mother accuses a man of being the father of her child: a paternity suit.
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- Often, the father is unknown, cannot be located or will not admit to paternity.
- Its members produce everything from zips and raincoats to paternity tests.
- The authors offered an evolutionary explanation for their findings: the phenomenon is a natural paternity test.
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Word Origin & History
paternity
1449, "condition of being a father," from M.Fr. paternité (12c.), from L.L. paternitatem (nom. paternitas) "fatherly care, fatherhood," from L. paternus "of a father," from pater (see father). Originally in the ecclesiastical sense; literal sense first recorded 1582.
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paternity pa·ter·ni·ty (pə-tûr'nĭ-tē)
n.
The state of being a father; fatherhood.
Descent on a father's side; paternal descent.
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