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beget (verb)

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  • beget — ► VERB (begetting; past begot; past part. begotten) archaic or literary 1) produce (a child). 2) cause. DERIVATIVES begetter noun. ORIGIN Old English, «get, obtain by effort» …   English terms dictionary

  • beget — verb Beget is used with these nouns as the object: ↑heir …   Collocations dictionary

  • beget — (v.) O.E. begietan to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize (class V strong verb, p.t. begeat, pp. begeaton), from BE (Cf. be ) + GET (Cf. get) (q.v.). Sense of to procreate is from c.1200. Related to O.H.G. pigezzan, Goth. bigitan to get,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • beget — verb /biˈɡɛt,bɪˈɡɛt,bəˈɡɛt/ a) To cause; to produce. b) To procreate; to father (rarely: to mother); to get with child …   Wiktionary

  • beget — verb (begets, begetting; past begot; past participle begotten) archaic or literary 1》 produce (a child). 2》 bring about; cause. Derivatives begetter noun Origin OE begietan get, obtain by effort …   English new terms dictionary

  • beget — verb past tense and past participle begot or past tense begat past participle begotten (T) formal 1 old use to become the father of a child 2 to cause something or make it happen: Hunger begets crime …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • beget — verb 1) literary he begat a son Syn: father, sire, have, bring into the world, give life to, bring into being, spawn 2) violence begets violence Syn: cause, give rise to, lead to, result in …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • beget — [[t]bɪge̱t[/t]] begets, begetting, begot, begotten 1) VERB To beget something means to cause it to happen or be created. [FORMAL] [V n] Poverty begets debt... [V n] Economic tensions beget political ones. 2) VERB When a man begets a child …   English dictionary

  • beget — UK [bɪˈɡet] / US verb [transitive] Word forms beget : present tense I/you/we/they beget he/she/it begets present participle begetting past tense begot UK [bɪˈɡɒt] / US [bɪˈɡɑt] or begat UK [bɪˈɡæt] / US past participle begot UK [bɪˈɡɒt] / US… …   English dictionary

  • beget — transitive verb (begot; also begat; begotten or got; getting) Etymology: Middle English begeten, alteration of beyeten, from Old English bigietan more at get Date: 13th century 1. to procreate as the father …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • beget — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. engender, procreate, generate. See reproduction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. father, Sire, generate; see propagate 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bear, father, create, generate, engender,… …   English dictionary for students

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