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[ bih-get ] SHOW IPA
/ bɪˈgɛt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object), be·got or (Archaic ) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting. (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
Origin of beget First recorded before 1000; Middle English begeten (see be-, get); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan
SYNONYMS FOR beget 1 spawn, sire, breed, father.
2 occasion, engender, effect, generate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM beget be·get·ter, noun Words nearby beget begar, begat, begats, beg, borrow, or steal, begem, beget , beggar, beggar description, beggardom, beggarly, beggar-my-neighbor
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Example sentences from the Web for beget A society which is willing to accept increasing levels of violence is a society that will beget more of it.
From the Levant to Ferguson to Baltimore, The Most Violent Summer in Years | Gene Robinson| September 14, 2014| DAILY BEAST
An interest in fashion also seems to beget an assumption of selfishness and mean-spiritedness.
Michelle Obama and Ann Romney: First Ladies of Style | Robin Givhan| October 24, 2012| DAILY BEAST
While some may say that our exploding obesity epidemic is a hyperbole, fat does beget fat.
Will Your Baby Be Obese? | Joyce C. Tang| September 12, 2010| DAILY BEAST
The Oscars also like down-and-out characters and misunderstood geniuses, both of which tend to beget low-talkers.
Mumbling Wins Oscars! | Zachary Pincus-Roth| March 3, 2010| DAILY BEAST
The stress of the last few minutes could not be suffered to beget any abatement of wariness.
The Man Who Was Good | Leonard Merrick
He curst his son, and he curst himself that ever he should beget a son that should eat burned pig.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III | Various
Mrs. Whitney, writing of Richard Hathaway, tells us enough of it to beget in us infinite tolerance.
The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) | Marion Harland
These beget children, and the suffering they inflict and have to endure is continued from parent to offspring.
Darwinism and Race Progress | John Berry Haycraft
Your Lordships see that in this man's opinion riches must beget pride.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. XI. (of 12) | Edmund Burke
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British Dictionary definitions for beget verb -gets , -getting , -got , -gat , -gotten or -got (tr) to father
to cause or create
Derived forms of beget begetter , noun Word Origin for beget Old English begietan ; related to Old Saxon bigetan , Old High German pigezzan , Gothic bigitan to find; see be- , get
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Words related to beget bring about, engender, sire, procreate, get, afford, breed, father, effect, reproduce, bring, produce, propagate, multiply, occasion, cause, generate, give rise to