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To beget is defined as to create children or to cause something to happen.

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An example of beget is when a woman conceives and gives birth to a baby.
An example of beget is when violence causes more violence.

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See beget in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb begot or Archaicbegat , begotten or begot, begetting

to be the father or sire of; procreate
to bring into being; produce: tyranny begets rebellion

Origin: ME begeten, to obtain, beget < OE begietan, to acquire: see be- & get

Related Forms:

begetter noun

See beget in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb be·got (-gŏtˈ), be·got·ten (-gŏtˈn) or be·got, be·get·ting, be·gets

To father; sire.
To cause to exist or occur; produce: Violence begets more violence.

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Origin: Middle English biyeten, bigeten

Origin: , from Old English begetan; see ghend- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

be·getˈter noun

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