beget

  • 21beget — be·get || bɪ get v. cause, give rise to; father, sire …

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  • 22beget — verb (begets, begetting; past begot; past participle begotten) archaic or literary 1》 produce (a child). 2》 bring about; cause. Derivatives begetter noun Origin OE begietan get, obtain by effort …

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  • 23beget — v. a. 1. Generate, procreate, engender, breed, get, be the father of. 2. Produce, originate, give rise to, lead to, bring about …

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  • 24beget — verb past tense and past participle begot or past tense begat past participle begotten (T) formal 1 old use to become the father of a child 2 to cause something or make it happen: Hunger begets crime …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 25beget — verb 1) literary he begat a son Syn: father, sire, have, bring into the world, give life to, bring into being, spawn 2) violence begets violence Syn: cause, give rise to, lead to, result in …

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  • 26beget — v 1. father, sire, procreate, generate, engender, get; breed, propagate, reproduce, spawn; impregnate, Biol. fecundate, Biol. fertilize. 2. cause, produce, effect, effectuate, make happen, bring about, bring to pass, give rise to, occasion …

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  • 27beget — be·get …

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  • 28beget — be•get [[t]bɪˈgɛt[/t]] v. t. be•got, be•got•ten be•got, be•get•ting. 1) (esp. of a male parent) to generate (offspring) 2) to produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 1000; ME begeten, biyeten, OE begetan, c.… …

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  • 29beget — /bəˈgɛt / (say buh get), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) (begat or begot or begotten, begetting) 1. Archaic to father (a child). 2. to cause; produce as an effect. {Middle English begete(n), from …

  • 30beget —   Loa a.    ♦ Jacob begot Joseph, na Iakopa o Iokepa …

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