beget : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: beget	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
beget v make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" Synonym(s): beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. --Milton. 2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak. 3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist. Love is begot by fancy. --Granville.