beget

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English begeten [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Old English beġietan (“to get”), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- +‎ get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”). === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /biˈɡɛt/, /bɪˈɡɛt/, /bəˈɡɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt === Verb === beget (third-person singular simple present begets, present participle begetting, simple past begot or (archaic) begat, past participle begotten or (rare) begot) (transitive) (chiefly literary) To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire. To cause; to produce; to bring forth. Synonym: breed (obsolete) To get or obtain. (UK dialectal) To happen to; befall. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === be born give birth === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “beget”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “beget”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.