Definition for BE-GET'

BE-GET', v.t. [pret. begot, begat; pp. begot, begotten. Sax. begetan, of be and getan, to get. See Get.]

  1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; as, to beget a son.
  2. To produce, as an effect; to cause to exist; to generate; as, luxury begets vice.

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