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beget

verb be·get \ bi-ˈget , bē- \

Definition of beget

begot play \-ˈgät\ also begat play \-ˈgat\; begotten play \-ˈgä-tᵊn\ or begot; begetting
transitive verb
1 :to procreate as the father :sire
  • He died without begetting an heir.
2 :to produce especially as an effect or outgrowth
  • Violence only begets more violence.
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Examples of beget in a Sentence

  1. He died without begetting an heir.

  2. one change in the natural environment will beget others

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Origin and Etymology of beget

Middle English begeten, beyeten, going back to Old English begietan "to get, beget," from be- be- + gietan "to 1get"

beget Synonyms

Synonyms
effect, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
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conduce (to), contribute (to); decide, determine; begin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, start; advance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promote; enact, render, turn out
Near Antonyms
impede, limit, restrict; clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress; arrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retard; can [slang], kill, snuff (out), still; abolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench

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