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To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.literarytransitive
- The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.
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To cause; to produce; to bring forth.transitive
- Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.
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To get or obtain.obsoletetransitive
- If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]
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To happen to; befall.UKdialectaltransitive
beget
bi'get5 senses · 52 ms
Level C1GRETOEFL