From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbegetbe‧get /bɪˈɡet/ verb (past tense begot /-ˈɡɒt $ -ˈɡɑːt/, past participle begotten /-ˈɡɒtn $ -ˈɡɑːtn/, present participle begetting) [transitive] 1 BABY/HAVE A BABY old use to become the father of a child2 CAUSEto cause something or make it happen Hunger begets crime. —begetter noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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beget• The early gains from the stock market rally begot a feeling of invincibility.• Poverty begets crime.• As we all know, killings beget more killings.• Thus replication begets replication, until the costs of these counterproductive activities finally bring the organization to a long-delayed breaking point.• Forests beget trees; we know that.• In the long term, violence begets violence.Origin beget Old English begietan 