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HELPNOTE In sense 1 begat is used for the past participle.) [VN]
1 (old use, for example in the Bible) to become the father of a child:
Isaac begat Jacob.
2 (formal or old-fashioned) to make sth happen:
Violence begets violence.
begetter noun
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