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   beget

   /bɪˈɡɛt/

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   • 1. (especially of a man) bring (a child) into existence by the process of reproduction: "they hoped that the King might beget an heir by his new queen" Similar fathersireengendergeneratespawncreategive life tobring into beingbring into the worldhaveprocreatereproducebreed
   • 2. cause; bring about: "killings beget more killings" Similar causegive rise tolead toresult inbring aboutcreateproducegenerateengenderspawnoccasioneffectbring to passbring onprecipitatepromptprovokekindletriggerspark offtouch offstir upwhip upinduceinspirepromotefosterliterary:enkindlerare:effectuate

   Word Origin Old Englishbegietan ‘get, obtain by effort’ (see be-, get).

   Derivatives

   • 1. begetter noun

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   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of BEGET is to procreate as the father : sire. How to use beget in a sentence.

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   What does begetter mean?

   • 1. (esp. of a male parent) to generate (offspring). 2. to produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power. be•get′ter, n. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 1.

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   What does begot mean?

   • , be·got or (Archaic) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting. (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring). a belief that power begets power. Meanwhile, accusations of bullying have begotten accusations of counter-bullying.

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   • Other forms: begat; begot; begets; begetting To beget means to generate something, usually children, and it can be used to refer to the role of either a mother or a father.

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   Beget definition: (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).. See examples of BEGET used in a sentence.

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   beget: 1 v make children “Abraham begot Isaac” Synonyms: bring forth , engender , father , generate , get , mother , sire Type of: create , make make or cause to be or to become

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