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Webster 1913 Edition

Beget

Be-get′

,
Verb.
T.
[
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.
T.
]
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 1828 Edition

Beget

BEGET'

,
Verb.
T.
pret. begot, begat; pp. begot, begotten.
1.
To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; as, to beget a son.
2.
To produce, as an effect; to cause to exist; to generate; as, luxury begets vice.

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