Word of the Day: Beget

beget

be-get / bĭ-gĕt

verb (past tense begot or begat; past participle begot or begotten; present participle begetting)

1. to produce offspring (particularly referring to a male parent); to procreate

Listen to your father who begot you,

And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Solomon, 990 BC – 931 BC

2. to cause; to give rise to; to produce as an effect

Kindness begets kindness.

Greek Proverb