beget Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make children
    engender; sire; get; father; mother; bring forth; generate.
    • Abraham begot Isaac
    • Men often father children but don't recognize them

WordNet

Be*get" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref. be- + gitan. See Get, v. t.
Wordforms
imperfect Begot (archaic) Begat ; past participle Begot, Begotten ; present participle & verbal noun Begetting
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913