Beget
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transitive verb.
To produce (offspring) by sexual reproduction. Used especially of a man.
transitive verb.
To cause to exist or occur; produce.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To procreate; generate: chiefly used of the father alone, but sometimes of both parents.
To produce as an effect; cause to exist; generate; occasion: as, luxury
begets
vice; “love is
begot
by fancy,”
Synonyms
To breed, engender.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
transitive verb.
To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.
transitive verb.
To get (with child.)
transitive verb.
To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
verb.
To
cause
; to
produce
.
verb.
To
procreate
; to
father
(rarely: to
mother
); to
get with child
.
verb.
To
happen
to;
befall
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb.
make children
Word Usage
"A natural citizen must beget from the womb of a female citizen."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
kill
cross-reference
sire
Form
begat
begetting
begot
begotten
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
create
make
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Annette
Antoinette
Bernadette
Bizet
Bret
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
author
be fruitful
be productive
bear
birth
variant
begat
begetting
begot
begotten
verb-form
begat
begets
begetting
begot
begotten