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present tense third-person singular of beget
Synonyms & Antonyms of begets
1
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
- one change in the natural environment will beget others
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- clamps down (on),
- cracks down (on),
- crushes,
- dampens,
- puts down,
- quashes,
- quells,
- represses,
- smothers,
- squashes,
- squelches,
- stifles,
- subdues,
- suppresses
- cans
- [slang],
- kills,
- snuffs (out),
- stills
2
to become the father of
- the racehorse begot several Kentucky Derby winners
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