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) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.
) 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. |
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tr.v. be·got (-gŏt'), be·got·ten (-gŏt'n) or be·got, be·get·ting, be·gets
[Middle English biyeten, bigeten, from Old English begetan; see ghend- in Indo-European roots.] be·get'ter n. |
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O.E. begietan "to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize," from be- + get (q.v.). Sense of "to procreate" is from 1205.
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| make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" |
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Be*get"\, v. t. [imp. Begot, (Archaic) Begat; p. p. Begot, Begotten; p. pr. & vb. n. Begetting.] [OE. bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref. be- + gitan. See Get, v. t. ]1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father. Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. --Milton. 2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist. Love is begot by fancy. --Granville.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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