begets
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verb (used with object), be·got or ( Archaic ) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.
1.
(especially 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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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —vb , -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten, -got | |
| 1. | to father |
| 2. | to cause or create |
| [Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see | |
| be'getter | |
| —n | |
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