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begetbe‧get /bɪˈɡet/ verb (past tense begot /-ˈɡɒt $ -ˈɡɑːt/, past participle begotten /-ˈɡɒtn $ -ˈɡɑːtn/, present participle begetting) [transitive] begetOrigin: Old English begietan VERB TABLEbeget |
Present | I, you, we, they | beget | | he, she, it | begets | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | begot, begat | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have begotten | | he, she, it | has begotten | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had begotten | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will beget | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have begotten |
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Present | I | am begetting | | he, she, it | is begetting | | you, we, they | are begetting | Past | I, he, she, it | was begetting | | you, we, they | were begetting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been begetting | | he, she, it | has been begetting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been begetting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be begetting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been begetting |
- As we all know, killings beget more killings.
- Forests beget trees; we know that.
- In the long term, violence begets violence.
- The early gains from the stock market rally begot a feeling of invincibility.
- Thus replication begets replication, until the costs of these counterproductive activities finally bring the organization to a long-delayed breaking point.
1 old use to become the father of a child2to cause something or make it happen: Hunger begets crime.—begetter noun [countable] |