beget

v (-tt-; pt begot/ bI5gCt; bI`^Bt/ or, in archaic use, 古语拼作 begat/ bI5gt; bI`^At/, pp begotten/ bI5gCtn; bI`^Btn/) [Tn] 1 (arch 古) be the father of (sb) 为(某人)之父: Abraham begat Isaac. 亚伯拉罕生了以撒. 2 (fml or dated 文或旧) cause (sth); result in 产生(某事物); 导致: War begets misery and ruin. 战争是苦难与毁灭的祸根.


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