Beget
11beget — 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 …
12beget — 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 …
13beget — begetter, n. /bi get /, v.t., begot or (Archaic) begat; begotten or begot; begetting. 1. (esp. of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring). 2. to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power. [ …
14beget — verb /biˈɡɛt,bɪˈɡɛt,bəˈɡɛt/ a) To cause; to produce. b) To procreate; to father (rarely: to mother); to get with child …
15beget — Synonyms and related words: author, be fruitful, be productive, bear, birth, breed, breed true, bring about, bring forth, bring into being, bring to birth, bring to effect, bring to pass, call into being, cause, coin, conceive, concoct, contrive …
16beget — see begeat, past 3rd sing of begietan …
17beget — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. engender, procreate, generate. See reproduction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. father, Sire, generate; see propagate 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. bear, father, create, generate, engender,… …
18beget — be|get [bıˈget] v past tense begot [ ˈgɔt US ˈga:t] past participle begotten [ ˈgɔtn US ˈga:tn] present participle begetting [T] [: Old English; Origin: begietan] 1.) old use to become the father of a child 2.) to cause something or make it… …
19beget — be|get [ bı get ] (past tense be|got [ bı gat ] or be|gat [ bı gæt ] ; past participle be|got [ bı gat ] or be|got|ten [ bı gatn ] ) verb transitive 1. ) FORMAL to cause something to happen or be created 2. ) an old word meaning to become the… …
20beget — v. a. == obtain. O. and N. 726. RG. 516 == procreate. RG. 516. part. ‘byȝyte.’ RG. 388 …
