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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024be•get /bɪˈgɛt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -got, -got•ten or -got, -get•ting. - (esp. of a male) to become the father of (offspring);
procreate:In the Bible, Isaac begat Jacob. - to cause;
produce as an effect:Power begets power.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024be•get (bi get′),USA pronunciation v.t., be•got or (Archaic) be•gat;
be•got•ten or be•got;
be•get•ting. - (esp. of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- to cause;
produce as an effect:a belief that power begets power.
- bef. 1000; Middle English begeten (see be-, get); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spawn, sire, breed, father.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged occasion, engender, effect, generate.
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