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be•get
Pronunciation: (bi-get'), [key]—
v.t., be•got or (Archaic) be•gat; be•got•ten or be•got; be•get•ting.
1. (esp. of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2. to cause; produce as an effect:
a belief that power begets power. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.