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beget
O.E.
begietan
"to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize" (class V strong verb, p.t.
begeat
, pp.
begeaton
), from
be-
+
get
(q.v.). Sense of "to procreate" is from c.1200. Related to O.H.G.
pigezzan
, Goth.
bigitan
"to get, obtain."
