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beget

American  
[bih-get] / bɪˈgɛt /

verb (used with object)

begot, begat, begotten, begot, begetting

  1. (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).

    Synonyms:
    father, breed, sire, spawn

  2. to cause; produce as an effect.

    a belief that power begets power.
    Synonyms:
    generate, effect, engender, occasion
beget British  
/ bɪˈɡɛt /

verb

  1. to father

  2. to cause or create

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Other Word Forms

  • begetter noun

Etymology

Origin of beget

First recorded before 1000; Middle English begeten ( be-, get ); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan

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