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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
beget/bɪˈɡet/

▶verb (begets, begetting; past begot; past part. begotten) archaic or literary

1 produce (a child).

2 bring about; cause.

– derivatives
begetter noun.

– origin OE begietan ‘get, obtain by effort’ (see be-).

'beget' also found in these Oxford entries:

begat - begot - begotten - congenital - engender - generate - genital - genitive - genitor - geniture - genius - gens - get - indigene - progenitor - progeniture

Forum discussions with the word(s) "beget" in the title:

"where rich beget super-rich, material virtue is never a lock"
be + verb (become, beget, etc.)
poverty <beget /begets>
Rams wrapped in theremogene beget no lambs.

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