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[syn: beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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 generate; --
commonly said of the father.
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Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget.
--Milton.
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2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak.
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3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
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Love is begot by fancy. --Granville.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
beget
v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]