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Definition of Godfathering
1. godfather [v] - See also: godfather
Lexicographical Neighbors of Godfathering
Literary usage of Godfathering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Evolution of Worlds by Percival Lowell (1909)
"... as those above referred to; which, however, did not deter M. Blandet from
giving it to the world nor De Lapparent from godfathering the conception. ..."
2. A Lawyer's Life on Two Continents by Wallis Nash (1919)
"... warm and appreciative letter giving his assent. I understood, I think, from
Frank Darwin, that such action was as near "godfathering" as he ever went. ..."