begets

[Be*get·]

To beget means to generate something, usually children, and it can be used to refer to the role of either a mother or a father.

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

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


v. t.
To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.

v. t.
To get (with child.)

v. t.
To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.


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.
2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] Shak. 3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
Love is begot by fancy.

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

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Usage Examples

I open with a clock striking, to beget an awful attention in the audience - it also marks the time, which is four o clock in the morning, and saves a description of the rising sun, and a great deal about gilding the eastern hemisphere.

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