Definition of beget

"beget" in the verb sense

1. beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth

make (offspring) by reproduction

"Abraham begot Isaac"

"John fathered four daughters"

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Quotations for beget

New dishes beget new appetites. [ Proverb ]

If she do frown, it is not in hate of you,
But rather to beget more love in you:
If she do chide, it is not to have you gone;
For why, the fools are mad if left alone.
Take no repulse, whatever she doth say;
For - get you gone - she doth not mean - away. [ William Shakespeare ]

Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. [ Addison ]

Wrongs do not leave off there where they begin, but still beget new mischiefs in their course. [ Daniel ]

That extremes beget extremes is an apothegm built on the most profound observation of the human mind. [ Colton ]

Be not too familiar with thy servants; at first it may beget love, but in the end it will breed contempt. [ Fuller ]

It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other. [ Colton ]

Method, we are aware, is an essential ingredient in every discourse designed for the instruction of mankind; but it ought never to force itself on the attention as an object - never appear to be an end instead of an instrument; or beget a suspicion of the sentiments being introduced for the sake of the method, not the method for the sentiments. [ Robert Hall ]

beget in Scrabble®

The word beget is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters beget:

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beget in Words With Friends™

The word beget is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters beget:

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Words within the letters of beget

2 letter words in beget (1 word)

3 letter words in beget (6 words)

4 letter words in beget (1 word)

5 letter words in beget (1 word)

beget + 1 blank (1 word)

beget + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence beget

Words that start with beget (5 words)

Words with beget in them (2 words)

Words that end with beget (2 words)

Word Growth involving beget

Shorter words in beget

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Longer words containing beget

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