beget
[ bih-get ]
/ bɪˈgɛt /
verb (used with object), be·got or (Archaic) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
Origin of beget
OTHER WORDS FROM beget
be·get·ter, nounWords nearby beget
began,
begar,
begat,
begats,
begem,
beget,
beggar,
beggar description,
beggar's opera, the,
beggar's-lice,
beggar-my-neighbor
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British Dictionary definitions for begetter
beget
/ (bɪˈɡɛt) /
verb -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten or -got (tr)
to father
to cause or create
Derived forms of beget
begetter, nounWord Origin for beget
Old English
begietan; related to Old Saxon
bigetan, Old High German
pigezzan, Gothic
bigitan to find; see
be-,
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