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beget

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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.

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

be·getter n.

beget [bɪˈgɛt]
vb -gets, -getting, -got, -gat ; -gotten, -got (tr)
1. to father
2. to cause or create
[Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see be-, get]
begetter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.beget - make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"
create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

beget
verb (Old-fashioned)
2. father, breed, generate, sire, get, propagate, procreate He wanted to beget an heir.
Translations
beget [bɪˈget] (begot (begat (pt))) [bɪˈgæt] (begotten (pp)) VT (frm) → engendrar(also fig)
beget [bɪˈgɛt] vt
(= cause) → engendrer
(old-fashioned) (= father) → engendrer
beget pret <begot or (obs) begat> ptp <begotten or begot>
vt
(obs, Bibl) → zeugen ? begotten
(fig) difficulties etczeugen (geh); violence begets violenceGewalt erzeugt Gewalt
beget [bɪˈgɛt] vt (begot (pt) (begotten (pp))) → originare; (child) → generare
beget [bɪˈgɛt] vt (begot (pt) (begotten (pp))) → originare; (child) → generare


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"Lust is sin,"--so say some who preach death--"let us go apart and beget no children
As for the sons and the daughters they beget, why, those sons and daughters must take care of themselves; at least, with only the maternal help.
Independent of those local circumstances which tend to beget and increase power in one part and to impede its progress in another, we must advert to the effects of that superior policy and good management which would probably distinguish the government of one above the rest, and by which their relative equality in strength and consideration would be destroyed.
 
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