单词 | beget |
释义 | beget —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. [bef. 1000; ME begeten (see BE-, GET); r. ME biyeten, OE begetan; c. Goth bigitan, OHG bigezzan] Syn. 1. spawn, sire, breed, father. 2. occasion, engender, effect, generate. |
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