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beget

[ bih-get ]

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).

    Synonyms: father, breed, sire, spawn

  2. to cause; produce as an effect:

    a belief that power begets power.

    Synonyms: generate, effect, engender, occasion



beget

/ bɪˈɡɛt /

verb

  1. to father
  2. to cause or create
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • beˈgetter, noun
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Other Words From

  • be·get·ter noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beget1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English begeten ( be-, get ); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan
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Word History and Origins

Origin of beget1

Old English begietan ; related to Old Saxon bigetan , Old High German pigezzan , Gothic bigitan to find; see be- , get
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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, accusations of bullying have begotten accusations of counter-bullying.

From Digiday

Because money begets money, billionaires such as Bezos—and even some who are trying a little harder to give it away—struggle to make a dent in their wealth.

From Time

Zoonosis begets reverse zoonosis, which can, in turn, come back around to zoonosis again.

This achievement obsession can also beget greed, causing those who are prosperous high achievers to believe they are the elect.

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At least the favorites should have an opportunity to beget some inky foals.

A society which is willing to accept increasing levels of violence is a society that will beget more of it.

An interest in fashion also seems to beget an assumption of selfishness and mean-spiritedness.

While some may say that our exploding obesity epidemic is a hyperbole, fat does beget fat.

This year, however, risk has returned to broadcast television—now will it actually beget innovation?

This year, risk has returned to broadcast television—now will it actually beget innovation?

Marriage will not cure hysteria,—the worst cases are married women, and they beget other hysterics in spreading succession.

Were it not for the existence of passions no one would build a house, marry a wife, beget children, or do any work.

The tendency of the American system, on the other hand, is to beget a spirit of routine and to check productivity.

But the power of Number, hypostatically existing within it, divided it, and made it beget the manifold.

Of which soul are these reasons,79 which do not beget the man (though they do beget the animal), then the actualization?

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