2. give birth to:dated"she's mothered two foals that have gone on to be impressive dressage competitors"Similargive birth tohavedeliverbearproducebring forthbirthinformal:droparchaic:be brought to bed of
Word OriginOld Englishmōdor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moeder and German Mutter, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mater and Greek mētēr.