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| paternal [ pə túrn'l ] |
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1. of fathers or fatherhood: relating to fathers or considered characteristic of a father
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2. related through father: being on a father's side of a family
 her paternal grandfather
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3. inherited from father: inherited or deriving from a father
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| [15th century. < late Latin paternalis< Latin pater 'father'] |
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| paternally adverb |
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