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BEGET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: begat    , begetting    , begot    , begotten   

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make (offspring) by reproduction

Example:

John fathered four daughters

Synonyms:

beget; bring forth; engender; father; generate; get; mother; sire

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "beget" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

begetter (a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father))

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