beget (redirected from begetting)

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 [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

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 (Old-fashioned)

1. cause, bring, produce, create, effect, lead to, occasion, result in, generate, provoke, induce, bring about, give rise to, precipitate, incite, engender Poverty begets debt.

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 etc → zeugen (geh); violence begets violence → Gewalt erzeugt Gewalt

beget [bɪˈgɛt] vt (begot (pt) (begotten (pp))) → originare; (child) → generare

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beget [bɪˈgɛt] vt (begot (pt) (begotten (pp))) → originare; (child) → generare