beget

To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.

The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.

¶ And Adam liued an hundred and thirtie yeeres, and begate a ſonne in his owne likeneſſe, after his image; and called his name Seth.

To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.

How one’s thoughts will travel! and how quickly our wishes beget them!

To get or obtain.

If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]

To happen to; befall.