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beget
[ bih-get ]
verb (used with object)
- (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
Synonyms: , , ,
- to cause; produce as an effect:
a belief that power begets power.
Synonyms: , , ,
beget
/ ɪˈɡɛ /
verb
- to father
- to cause or create
Derived Forms
- ˈٳٱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ··ٱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beget1
Example Sentences
Devastation begat devastation, as the ecological dominoes began to fall.
He hadn't expected the revocation, he added, because he didn't think the president would want to further upend the Haitian community after spreading the false claims that beget a bevy of violent threats to Springfield.
“If I can get my ideas to severed workers all across the world, it might beget a revolution.”
Rather than allow mistake to beget mistake, as they so often did across the autumn, Ireland moved slowly through the gears before finally reaching cruising speed.
The 2008 financial crisis and its brutal aftermath placed the ills of capitalism front and center, and begat an understandable skepticism in banks, government and other major institutions.
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