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be·get
 beget
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- pronunciation:
- b
get
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
begets, begetting, begot, begotten |
| definition 1: |
to generate (offspring); cause to begin life, esp. to father.
The king begot two daughters before begetting a son.- synonyms:
- engender, father, generate, procreate, sire
- similar words:
- breed, create, produce, propagate, spawn
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| definition 2: |
to produce or cause.
Poverty often begets crime.- synonyms:
- breed, create, engender, generate, give rise to, lead to, spawn
- similar words:
- cause, occasion, procreate, produce, yield
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| related words: |
bear, conceive, engender, lay, mother, work |
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| derivation: |
begetter (n.) |
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