beget

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++be·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 child 成为…之父2  CAUSEto cause something or make it happen 招致，引发 Hunger begets crime. 饥饿滋生犯罪。 —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

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beget
be‧get /bɪˈɡet/ verb (past tense begot /-ˈɡɒt $ -ˈɡɑːt/, past participle begotten /-ˈɡɒtn $ -ˈɡɑːtn/, present participle begetting) [transitive]1. old use to become the father of a child
2. to cause something or make it happen:
    Hunger begets crime.
—begetter noun [countable]

begetBrE /bɪˈɡet/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈɡet/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they beget BrE /bɪˈɡet/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡet/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it begets BrE /bɪˈɡets/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡets/ 🔊past simple begot BrE /bɪˈɡɒt/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡɑːt/ 🔊past participle begot BrE /bɪˈɡɒt/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡɑːt/ 🔊 -ing form begetting BrE /bɪˈɡetɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈɡetɪŋ/ 🔊 HELP In sense 1 begat BrE /bɪˈɡæt/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈɡæt/ 🔊 is used for the past tense, and be·got·ten BrE /bɪˈɡɒtn/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈɡɑːtn/ 🔊 is used for the past participle. 第 1 义的过去式用 begat，过去分词用 begotten。 (old use, for example in the Bible 旧用法，如《圣经》中) ~ sb to become the father of a child 成为…之父◆Isaac begat Jacob. 以撒生了雅各。🔊🔊~ sth (formal or old-fashioned) to make sth happen 引发；导致◆Violence begets violence. 暴力招致暴力。🔊🔊▸ be·get·ter BrE /bɪˈɡetə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈɡetər/ 🔊 noun