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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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Begets
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example Sentences
- When people are optimistic, they spend, which begets hiring and then more spending.
- Freedom begets more freedom, and cable may have a tiger by the tail.
- Violence begets violence, even in this neighborhood.
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