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beget

[ bih-get ]

verb (used with object)

begot or (Archaic) begat; begotten or begot; begetting.
  1. (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to cause; produce as an effect:

    a belief that power begets power.

    Synonyms: , , ,



beget

/ ²úɪˈɡɛ³Ù /

verb

  1. to father
  2. to cause or create
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ²ú±ðˈ²µ±ð³Ù³Ù±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú±ð·²µ±ð³Ù·³Ù±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beget1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English begeten ( be-, get ); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of beget1

Old English begietan ; related to Old Saxon bigetan , Old High German pigezzan , Gothic bigitan to find; see be- , get
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He hadn't expected the revocation, he added, because he didn't think the president would want to further upend the Haitian community after spreading the false claims that beget a bevy of violent threats to Springfield.

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“If I can get my ideas to severed workers all across the world, it might beget a revolution.â€

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Rather than allow mistake to beget mistake, as they so often did across the autumn, Ireland moved slowly through the gears before finally reaching cruising speed.

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The 2008 financial crisis and its brutal aftermath placed the ills of capitalism front and center, and begat an understandable skepticism in banks, government and other major institutions.

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Yet that begat one of the greatest turnarounds in league history, which started with the hiring of Will Kuntz as senior vice-president of player personnel.

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