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BEGET
beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
(verb) make (offspring) by reproduction; “Abraham begot Isaac”; “John fathered four daughters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
beget (third-person singular simple present begets, present participle begetting, simple past (archaic) begat or begot, past participle begotten) (transitive)
To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
To cause; to produce.
To bring forth.
(UK dialectal) To happen to; befall.
Source: Wiktionary
Be*get", v. t. [imp. Begot, (Archaic) Begat (; p. p. Begot, Begotten (; p. pr. & vb. n. Begetting.] Etym: [OE. bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref. be- + gitan. See Get, v. t. ]
1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father. Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. Milton.
2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] Shak.
3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist. Love is begot by fancy. Granville.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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