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begetting

Saybi-GET-ing/biˈɡɛtɪŋ/

Noun pluralbegettings

2 meanings of begetting

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  1. 1
    verbliterary
    Present participle and gerund of beget. Use it after is or keeps, or to name the action.

    Hate is begetting more hate in the town.

    The story tells of a king who dreamed of begetting a son.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of becoming a child's father or making something exist, or what comes from it.

    The old story tells of the begetting of many gods.

    His family tree is a long list of begettings, from father to son.

    Similarprocreation, generation

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begetting is a form of beget

beget, verb: To be the parent who brings a child into being, especially the father. Full entry

Forms
begetbegets he/she/itbegetting -ing formbegot past tensebegotten past participle
Spelling
beget → begetting: double the t, add -ing

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