Beget

Beget
v. trans.
P. and V. γεννᾶν, τίκτειν, σπείρειν (Plat.), παιδοποιεῖν, or mid. (used absol.), φυτεύειν (rare P.), φειν (rare P.), φιτύειν (Plat. but rare P.), V. γείνασθαι (1st aor. of γείνεσθαι) (also Xen. but rare P.), τεκνοῦν, or mid., ἐκφειν, ἐκτεκνοῦσθαι, κατασπείρειν.
met., produce: P. and V. γεννᾶν, τίκτειν, ποιεῖν, V. φυτεύειν, P. ἀπεργάζεσθαι.
met., beget (in another): P. and V. ἐντίκτειν (τινί τι), ἐντιθέναι (τινί τι), ἐμβάλλειν (τινί τι), V. ἐνιέναι (τινί τι), ἐνορνναι (τινί τι), P. ἐμποιεῖν (τινί τι).

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  • Beget — Be*get , v. t. [imp. {Begot}, (Archaic) {Begat}; p. p. {Begot}, {Begotten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begetting}.] [OE. bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref. be + gitan. See {Get}, v. t. ] 1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • beget — [bē get′, biget′] vt. begot or Archaic begat [bēgat′, bigat′] begotten or begot, begetting [ME begeten, to obtain, beget < OE begietan, to acquire: see BE & GET] 1. to be the father or sire of; procreate 2. to bring into being; produce …   English World dictionary

  • beget — index create, elicit, engender, generate, make, originate, produce (manufacture), propagate ( …   Law dictionary

  • beget — (v.) O.E. begietan to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize (class V strong verb, p.t. begeat, pp. begeaton), from BE (Cf. be ) + GET (Cf. get) (q.v.). Sense of to procreate is from c.1200. Related to O.H.G. pigezzan, Goth. bigitan to get,… …   Etymology dictionary

  • beget — get, *generate, sire, procreate, engender, breed, propagate, reproduce Analogous words: *bear, produce, yield …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • beget — [v] create, bear afford, breed, bring, bring about, cause, effect, engender, father, generate, get, give rise to, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, progenerate, propagate, reproduce, result in, sire; concepts 173,251,374 …   New thesaurus

  • beget — ► VERB (begetting; past begot; past part. begotten) archaic or literary 1) produce (a child). 2) cause. DERIVATIVES begetter noun. ORIGIN Old English, «get, obtain by effort» …   English terms dictionary

  • beget — [[t]bɪge̱t[/t]] begets, begetting, begot, begotten 1) VERB To beget something means to cause it to happen or be created. [FORMAL] [V n] Poverty begets debt... [V n] Economic tensions beget political ones. 2) VERB When a man begets a child …   English dictionary

  • beget — UK [bɪˈɡet] / US verb [transitive] Word forms beget : present tense I/you/we/they beget he/she/it begets present participle begetting past tense begot UK [bɪˈɡɒt] / US [bɪˈɡɑt] or begat UK [bɪˈɡæt] / US past participle begot UK [bɪˈɡɒt] / US… …   English dictionary

  • beget — verb Beget is used with these nouns as the object: ↑heir …   Collocations dictionary

  • beget — v.tr. (begetting; past begot; archaic begat; past part. begotten) literary 1 (usu. of a father, sometimes of a father and mother) procreate. 2 give rise to; cause (beget strife). Derivatives: begetter n. Etymology: OE begietan, formed as BE + GET …   Useful english dictionary

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