Beget
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Etymology
From Middle English begeten, biȝeten, from Old English beġietan (“to get, find, acquire, attain, receive, take, seize, happen, beget”), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- + get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigitan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”).
Pronunciation
(UK, US) IPA(key): /biˈɡɛt/, /bɪˈɡɛt/, /bəˈɡɛt/
Rhymes: -ɛt
Verb
beget (third-person singular simple present begets, present participle begetting, simple past begot or begat, past participle begotten)
- 1. To cause; to produce.
- 2. To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
- 3. (Britain dialectal) To happen to; befall.
