| PATE | relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent |
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| PATE | characteristic of a father |
| PATE | related on the father's side |
| PATE | belonging to or inherited from one's father |
| PATE | the benignity and protectiveness of or befitting a father |
| PATE | the attitude (of a person or a government) that subordinates should be controlled in a fatherly way for their own good |
| PATE | benevolent but sometimes intrusive |
| PATE | in a paternal manner |
| PATE | the kinship relation between an offspring and the father |
| PATE | a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined) |
| PATE | a test based on blood groups to determine whether a particular man could be the biological father of a particular child |
| PATE | (British) a type of lift having a chain of open compartments that move continually in a loop so that (agile) passengers can step on or off at each floor |