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beget
 
SYLLABICATION:be·get
PRONUNCIATION:  b-gt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: be·got (-gt), be·got·ten (-gtn) or be·got, be·get·ting, be·gets
1. To father; sire. 2. To cause to exist or occur; produce: Violence begets more violence.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English biyeten, bigeten, from Old English begetan. See ghend- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:be·getter —NOUN
 
 
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