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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BEGET', v.t. pret. begot, begat; pp. begot, begotten.
1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; as, to beget a son.
2. To produce, as an effect; to cause to exist; to generate; as, luxury begets vice.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]

Merriam Webster's

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 ; sire 2. to produce especially as an effect or outgrowth • begetter noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (begetting; past begot; archaic begat; past part. begotten) literary 1 (usu. of a father, sometimes of a father and mother) procreate. 2 give rise to; cause (beget strife). Derivatives: begetter n. Etymology: OE begietan, formed as BE- + GET = procreate

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Beget Be*get", v. t. [imp. Begot, (Archaic) Begat; p. p. Begot, Begotten; p. pr. & vb. n. Begetting.] [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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(begets, begetting, begot, begotten) 1. To beget something means to cause it to happen or be created. (FORMAL) Poverty begets debt... VERB: V n 2. When a man begets a child, he becomes the father of that child. (OLD-FASHIONED) = father VERB

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Generate, procreate, engender, breed, get, be the father of. 2. Produce, originate, give rise to, lead to, bring about.

Moby Thesaurus

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