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单词 begetting
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
be•get /bɪˈgɛt/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -got, -got•ten or -got, -get•ting. 
  1. (esp. of a male) to become the father of (offspring);
    procreate:In the Bible, Isaac begat Jacob.
  2. to cause;
    produce as an effect:Power begets power.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
be•get  (bi get),USA pronunciation v.t., be•got or (Archaic) be•gat;
be•got•ten
 or be•got;
be•get•ting.
 
  1. (esp. of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
  2. 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
be•getter, n. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged spawn, sire, breed, father.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged occasion, engender, effect, generate.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
beget /bɪˈɡɛt/ vb ( -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten, -got)(transitive)
  1. to father
  2. to cause or create
Etymology: Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see be-, get

beˈgetter n
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