beget
verb [T] /bɪˈɡet/ (present participle begetting, past tense begot or begat, past participle begotten or begot)Definition
› old use to be the father of: In the Bible it says that Adam begat Cain and Abel.Breeds and breeding › formal to cause: Poverty begets hunger, and hunger begets crime.Causing things to happen
(Definition of beget verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -ization suffix
- -ize suffix
- agent noun (CAUSE)
- awaken (sth) in sb phrasal verb
- be associated with sth phrasal verb
- blaze a trail idiom
- bring sth about phrasal verb
- factor noun (FACT)
- fuel noun
- instigator noun
- introduce verb (PUT INTO USE)
- jumping-off point noun
- plant verb (PUT)
- produce verb (CAUSE)
- produce verb (RESULT IN)
- sure adjective
- the domino effect noun
- usher sth in phrasal verb
- wreak verb
- wrought verb
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Causing things to happen
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