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beget

be·get [ bi gét ] (past be·got [ bi gót ], past participle be·got·ten [ bi gótt'n ] or be·got, present participle be·get·ting, 3rd person present singular be·gets)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. cause: to be the cause of something

2. father: to be the father of a child ( archaic )

[ Old English begietan "get" < Germanic]

be·get·ter noun
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