beget

[US]/bɪˈɡet/
[UK]/bɪˈɡet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to father or produce as offspring; to cause or bring about.

Phrases & Collocations

beget a child

beget offspring

Example Sentences

killings beget more killings.

Violence begets more violence.

Dragons beget dragons,phoenixes beget phoenixes.

they hoped that the King might beget an heir by his new queen.

11 Kind deeds on objective condition beget Darshan and Benefaction, while they are useful in transmigration, but they are useless in helping people into Nirvana.

Real-world Examples

Women in film, in other words, beget women in film.

Source: Time

For the monsters we drove to their fiery deaths had beget new monsters.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

And this is true of every man's life: good begets good, and evil leads to evil.

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

And migration today begets migration tomorrow, as new arrivals bring over children and partners.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

19 This is the family history of Isaac, son of Abraham; Abraham had begotten Isaac.

Source: New American Bible

" Creative" can be traced to the Latin creare, meaning to beget or to bring forth.

Source: New York Times

" Well, I've got to begetting along. It's been a pleasure to know you all. Class is dismissed! "

Source: Stuart Little

The third word is " begotten" (begotten).

Source: 2014 English Cafe

We may not quite know what we want to say until we've started to write; writing begets more writing.

Source: The school of life

A third paradox is that speed begets speed.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) December 2019 Collection

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