Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Beget

Beget ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb

[Old English bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, Anglo-Saxon begitan to get; pref. be- + gitan. See Get, transitive verb ]

1.
To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father. [Archaic]
Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget. — Milton
2.
To get (with child.) [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
3.
To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
Love is begot by fancy. — Granville