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Added 9 October 2026

beget

/biˈɡɛt/ verb

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To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.
To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.
To get or obtain.

Origin

From Middle English begeten [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Old English beġietan (“to get”), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- + get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”).

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