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Definition of Mothered

1. a. Thick, like mother; viscid.

Definition of Mothered

1. Verb. (past of mother) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mothered

1. mother [v] - See also: mother

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mothered

Literary usage of Mothered

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Trespasser by David Herbert Lawrence (1912)
"Therefore Vera liked him, whilst Beatrice mothered him. Mr Holiday was short, very stout, very ruddy, with black hair. He had a disagreeable voice, ..."

2. What is Meaning?: Studies in the Development of Significance by Victoria Welby (1903)
"She may have ' mothered' Man ; but it is no case of ' parthenogenesis'; he has nothing less than the vast universe to ' father' him. ..."

3. Elizabeth's Campaign by Humphry Ward (1918)
"... since Desmond's death)—well, she seems to be just asking you to creep under her wings and be mothered! She mothered him, and she has mothered me since ..."

4. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"I say " mothered " because when McKinley prohibited imports of manufactured necessities, and made other imports very difficult, he permitted, ..."

5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"... a well-mothered child and an ill-mothered one, in morals, conduct, intelligence, and teachableness, is so great as to warrant the assertion that, ..."

6. The Trespasser by David Herbert Lawrence (1912)
"Therefore Vera liked him, whilst Beatrice mothered him. Mr Holiday was short, very stout, very ruddy, with black hair. He had a disagreeable voice, ..."

7. What is Meaning?: Studies in the Development of Significance by Victoria Welby (1903)
"She may have ' mothered' Man ; but it is no case of ' parthenogenesis'; he has nothing less than the vast universe to ' father' him. ..."

8. Elizabeth's Campaign by Humphry Ward (1918)
"... since Desmond's death)—well, she seems to be just asking you to creep under her wings and be mothered! She mothered him, and she has mothered me since ..."

9. Popular Science Monthly (1914)
"I say " mothered " because when McKinley prohibited imports of manufactured necessities, and made other imports very difficult, he permitted, ..."

10. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1890)
"... a well-mothered child and an ill-mothered one, in morals, conduct, intelligence, and teachableness, is so great as to warrant the assertion that, ..."

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