beget

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /biˈɡɛt/|/bɪˈɡɛt/|/bəˈɡɛt/    美 /biˈɡɛt/|/bɪˈɡɛt/|/bəˈɡɛt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire. literary,transitive
    — The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.
  2. To cause; to produce; to bring forth. transitive
    — Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.
  3. To get or obtain. obsolete,transitive
    — If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]
  4. To happen to; befall. UK,dialectal,transitive

词形变化

begets present,singular,third-person begetting participle,present begot past begat archaic,past begotten participle,past begot participle,past,rare

词汇关系

衍生词
begetter begetting begotten lies beget more lies misbeget misbegot rebeget unbeget unbegot
相关词
begettal forebegotten ill-begotten misbegotten unbegot unbegotten be born give birth

词源

From Middle English begeten [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Old English beġietan (“to get”), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- + get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”).
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