# begetting

Pronunciation: say "bi-GET-ing" /biˈɡɛtɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of beget. *(literary)* — present participle and gerund of beget
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of beget. Use it after is or keeps, or to name the action.
   - _Each quick fix seemed to be begetting two new problems for the engineers._
   - _Begetting an heir became the duke's chief concern after his brother died._

## Noun

2. The act of fathering a child or bringing something into being, or the offspring or result so produced.
   - Simple: The act of becoming a child's father or making something exist, or what comes from it.
   - _The begetting of an heir was the first duty expected of the young king._
   - _The poem traces the begettings of the gods, each generation born of the one before._

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