beget

Verb

Meaning

To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.

To get (with child.)

To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

get father mother generate sire engender bring forth have make form effect lead cause create produce
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Antonyms

end close outplay damage break sell
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Hypernyms

make create

Related terms

misbegotten unbegotten unbegot forebegotten ill-begotten begettal

Phrases with the word

beget offspring lies beget more lies

Derivatives

begot begat begotten begetting

Examples

Abraham begot Isaac Source: Internet

John fathered four daughters Source: Internet

But without the Evil Desire, however, no man would build a house, take a wife and beget children; and thus said Solomon: "Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour." Source: Internet

A shorter version of the table consists of only forty-five sentences, as terms such as "nine eights beget seventy-two" are identical to "eight nines beget seventy-two" so there is no need to learn them twice. Source: Internet

Banquo, skeptical of the witches, challenges them to predict his own future, and they foretell that Banquo will never himself take the throne, but will beget a line of kings. Source: Internet

It is not befitting to (the majesty of) Allah (God) that He beget a son. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Begeman begemmed begena beget offspring begettal begetter