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be·gat       [bi-gat] Pronunciation Key
–verb Archaic.
pt. of beget.
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be·get       [bi-get] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), be·got or (Archaic) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.
1.(esp. of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2.to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME begeten (see be-, get); r. ME biyeten, OE begetan; c. Goth bigitan, OHG bigezzan]

—Related forms
be·get·ter, noun

—Synonyms 1. spawn, sire, breed, father. 2. occasion, engender, effect, generate.
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