beget
verb
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also begat\ bi-Ëgat
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begotten\ bi-ËgĂ€-tá”n
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or begot;
begetting
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Synonyms
breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), spawn, translate (into), work, yield
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More recently, the Bruinsâ Cup Final loss in 2013 begat a second-round exit to the Canadiens in 2014, then two years of playoff DNQs. — Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, "What will the next generation of Bruins bring?," 31 Aug. 2019 This was the 1952 version, a franchise that wound up in Baltimore as the Colts, not the AFL sequel that begat the Kansas City Chiefs. — SFChronicle.com, "From Akron to Alabama, NFL has taken show on the road," 27 July 2019 Faux historical tales beget more cartoonish historical tales. — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, "How White Nationalists Have Co-Opted Fan Fiction," 1 Aug. 2019 Subsequently, this recipe for success was transplanted to the western United States, begetting Sun Valley, Vail, Jackson Hole, as well as numerous other mountain towns around world, from Nepal to Peru, Pakistan to Patagonia. — Mark Jenkins, National Geographic, "How the pursuit of one European peak gave rise to modern mountaineering," 1 Aug. 2019 These swirls then break into smaller swirls, with those swirls begetting ever-smaller whorls, an unpredictable cascade that dissipates the energy from the original smooth stream. — Quanta Magazine, "The Trouble With Turbulence," 28 Jan. 2019 Lee followed Drollinger and company to Oasis, and her steps into further drag events begat invitations to other performances and parties. — Tony Bravo, SFChronicle.com, "Late bloomer Linda Lee is San Franciscoâs septuagenarian nightlife queen," 18 July 2019 Or at least as well as the college coaches whoâd turned up over the decades to either pick his brain or curry favor: Yada begat yada, glad-handing, a few laughs, the usual Jedi mind tricks ⊠followed by long, arid swaths of bupkis. — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, "Why Mel Tuckerâs football recruiting at CU feels âentirely differentâ for in-state coaches," 30 June 2019 So continued a comically controversial postseason, between the phantom five-minute major that begat the Bedlam by the Bay in San Jose, and the ignored hand pass that also went the Sharksâ way last round against St. Louis. — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, "Jordan Binningtonâs Stellar Performance for Blues Lost in Controversy of Game 5," 7 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'beget.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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