beget

be·get

 (bĭ-gĕt′)

tr.v. be·got (-gŏt′), be·got·ten (-gŏt′n) or be·got, be·get·ting, be·gets

1. To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.

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·get′ter n.

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beget

(bɪˈɡɛt)

vb (tr) , -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten or -got

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]

beˈgetter n

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be•get

(bɪˈgɛt)

v.t. be•got, be•got•ten be•got, be•get•ting.

1. (esp. of a male parent) to generate (offspring).

2. to produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.

[before 1000; Middle English begeten, biyeten, Old English begetan, c. Old High German bigezzan, Gothic bigitan]

be•get′ter, n.

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beget

Past participle: begot/begotten
Gerund: begetting

Imperative

beget

beget

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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.

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beget

verb

1. To be the biological father of:

breed, father, get, procreate, sire.

2. To cause to come into existence:

breed, create, engender, father, hatch, make, originate, parent, procreate, produce, sire, spawn.

Idiom: give birth to.

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Translations

plodit

engendrer

generare

beget

[bɪˈget] (begot (begat (pt))) [bɪˈgæt] (begotten (pp)) VT (frm) → engendrar (also fig)

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beget

[bɪˈgɛt] vt

(= cause) → engendrer

(old-fashioned) (= father) → engendrer

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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

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beget

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

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