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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beget \Be*get"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. {Begot}, (Archaic) {Begat}; p. p. {Begot}, {Begotten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begetting}.] [OE. bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref. be- + gitan. See {Get}, verb (used with an object) ]
1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.
Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. --Milton.
2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak.
3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
Love is begot by fancy. --Granville.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Begotten \Be*got"ten\, p. p. of {Beget}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beget
verb: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father children but don't recognize them" [syn: {get}, {engender}, {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring forth}] [also: {begotten}, {begot}, {begetting}, {begat}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
begotten
adjective: (of offspring) generated by procreation; "naturally begotten child"
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
begotten See {beget}
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