Be-gĕt', v. t.
v. t. [imp. BEGOT, BEGAT; p. p. BEGOT, BEGOTTEN; p. pr. & vb. n. BEGETTING.] [be and get, 3.]
Sense 1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; to get.
Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. Milton.
Sense 2. To produce as an effect; to cause. “Love is begot by fancy.” Granville.