Definitions for beget
bɪˈgɛtbeget

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forthverb

   make children

   "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. begetverb

   To cause; to produce.

2. begetverb

   To procreate; to father (rarely: to mother); to get with child.

3. begetverb

   To happen to; befall.

4. Etymology: From begeten, from begietan, from bigetanan, equivalent to. Cognate with bigitan, bigezan (begatten).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Begetverb

   I begot, or begat; I have begotten, or begot.

   Etymology: begettan , Saxon; to obtain.

   1. To generate; to procreate; to become the father of children.

   But first come the hours, which were begot
   In Jove’s sweet paradise, of day and night,
   Which do the seasons of the year allot. Edmund Spenser, Epithal.

   I talk of dreams,
   Which are the children of an idle brain,
   Begot of nothing but vain phantasy. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Jul.

   Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate. Isaiah, xlix. 21.

   ’Twas he the noble Claudian race begat. John Dryden, Æneid.

   Love is begot by fancy, bred
   By ignorance, by expectation fed. George Granville.

   2. To produce, as effects.

   If to have done the thing you gave in charge,
   Beget you happiness, be happy then;
   For it is done. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

   My whole intention was to beget, in the minds of men, magnificent sentiments of God and his works. George Cheyne, Phil. Prin.

   3. To produce, as accidents.

   Is it a time for story, when each minute
   Begets a thousand dangers? John Denham, Sophy.

   4. It is sometimes used with on, or upon, before the mother.

   Begot upon
   His mother Martha by his father John. Spectator.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beget

   To beget means in English 'to sire (a child)', 'to cause or produce'.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Begetverb

   to procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father

2. Begetverb

   to get (with child.)

3. Begetverb

   to produce as an effect; to cause to exist

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Beget

   be-get′, v.t. to produce or cause: to generate: to produce as an effect, to cause:—pr.p. beget′ting; pa.t. begat′, begot′; pa.p. begot′, begot′ten.—n. Beget′ter, one who begets: a father: the agent that occasions or originates anything. [A.S. begitan, to acquire. See Get.]

How to pronounce beget?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of beget in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of beget in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of beget in a Sentence

1. Riverside County:

   Terrorism should not beget terrorism and that's what this would be if in fact there was someone who threw a device in this mosque with the intention of destroying the mosque or hurting the people inside who were praying.

2. Bertrand de Jouvenal:

   A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.

3. Aaron Klein:

   Bailouts beget bailouts, it’s difficult, once you start down the path of bailing people out, to switch course.

4. Siddharth Astir:

   Talent is like a stream....when pertinently channelised it can beget the unimaginable , however when unguided ,it can lead to a catastrophe

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