beget
Meaning
- (literary, transitive) To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
- (literary, transitive) To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
- (literary, obsolete, transitive) To get or obtain.
- (UK, dialectal, literary, transitive) To happen to; befall.
Synonyms
give birth to
make a bow
give rise
genserate
Translations
engendrer
engendrar
gerar
verwekken
zeugen
generare
genero
engendrarFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/biˈɡɛt/
Etymology
In summary
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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