beget (redirected from begat)

be·get  (b-gt)

tr.v. be·got (-gt), be·got·ten (-gtn) or be·got, be·get·ting, be·gets

1. To father; sire.

2. To cause to exist or occur; produce: Violence begets more violence.

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[Middle English biyeten, bigeten, from Old English begetan; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·getter n.

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beget

Verb

[-getting, -got] or -gat;-gotten or -got Old-fashioned

1. to cause or create: repetition begets boredom

2. to father [Old English begietan]

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

beget - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" father, sire, mother, engender, bring forth, generate, get create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

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beget

verb 1. (Old-fashioned) cause, bring, produce, create, effect, lead to, occasion, result in, generate, provoke, induce, bring about, give rise to, precipitate, incite, engender

verb 2. father, breed, generate, sire, get, propagate, procreate