begettaln.
/bᵻˈɡɛtl/, U.S. /bəˈɡɛd(ə)l/, /biˈɡɛd(ə)l/ rare.
Begetting.
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i-streonc893
strainc950
akennessOE
spreadingOE
upspringc1000
akenningOE
akennednessOE
strainc1175
streningc1230
begetc1330
begettingc1330
engendrurec1350
generationa1382
gettinga1382
genderingc1384
multiplicationa1387
increase1390
prolificationa1393
procreationc1395
engenderinga1400
gendrure?a1400
engendure?a1425
progeniturec1429
propagation?1440
teemingc1450
breeda1500
geniturea1500
engenderment1507
progeneration1548
fathering1549
engender1556
race1561
multiplying1599
pullulation1641
progermination1648
reproduction1713
face-making1785
baby-making1827
begettal1864
fertility1866
1864 London Q. Rev. Apr. 245/2 The printer made no attempt to re-arrange them [sc. the Sonnets] according to any secret knowledge of their begettal.
1873 C. M. Davies Unorthodox London 247 They believe in his preternatural begettal by the Holy Spirit.
2002 G. Schwarze in O. Rathkolb Revisiting National Socialist Legacy (2004) 88 Hitler was more worried about the begettal of children with women of alien races.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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