bə̇ˈget, bē-, usu -ed.+V transitive verb
( be·got -gät, usu -äd.+V ; or archaic be·gat -gat, usu -ad.+V ; be·got·ten -gät ə n ; or begot ; begetting ; begets )
Etymology: Middle English begeten, alteration (influenced by geten to get) of beyeten, from Old English begietan to get, beget, from be- + gietan to get — more at get
1. obsolete : to acquire especially through effort
2.
a. : to procreate as the father : sire
and Mehujael begat Methusael and Methusael begat Lamech — Gen 4:18 (Authorized Version)
no conquering race ever lived … among a tributary one without begetting children on it — A.T.Quiller-Couch
b. : to give birth to : breed
excellent cows do not beget only excellent daughters — V.A.Rice & F.N.Andrews
3. obsolete : to make (a woman) pregnant
4. : to produce usually as an effect or as a natural outgrowth
economic dependency begets a moral subserviency — J.M.Morse
emotionally begotten rationalizations — Ernest & Pearl Beaglehole