beget
To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
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“and thus the show will roll on, as attacks beget counterattacks which beget counter-counterattacks and so on”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(chiefly, literary) To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.
Origin: From [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from , from , equivalent to . Cognate with ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(obsolete) To get or obtain.
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