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单词 beget
释义 be·get
\bə̇ˈget, bē-, usu -ed.+V\ transitive verb
(be·got \-gät, usu -äd.+V\ ; or archaic be·gat \-gat, usu -ad.+V\ ; be·got·ten \-gätən\ ; or begot ; begetting ; begets)
Etymology: Middle English begeten, alteration (influenced by geten to get) of beyeten, from Old English begietan to get, beget, from be- + gietan to get — more at get
1. obsolete : to acquire especially through effort
2.
 a. : to procreate as the father : sire
  < and Mehujael begat Methusael and Methusael begat Lamech — Gen 4:18 (Authorized Version) >
  < no conquering race ever lived … among a tributary one without begetting children on it — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
 b. : to give birth to : breed
  < excellent cows do not beget only excellent daughters — V.A.Rice & F.N.Andrews >
3. obsolete : to make (a woman) pregnant
4. : to produce usually as an effect or as a natural outgrowth
 < economic dependency begets a moral subserviency — J.M.Morse >
 < emotionally begotten rationalizations — Ernest & Pearl Beaglehole >
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