beget

About 0.52 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.

   The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.

2. verb To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

   Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.

3. verb To get or obtain.
4. verb To happen to; befall.

Similar words

engender mother father generate bring forth sire get procreate breed spawn

Often followed by

a children the in and an more sons offspring

Word family

begat begets begetter begetters begetting begot begotten