Word of the
Day for Monday 16th June 2014
Beget \ bih-GET \,
verb;
1. (especially of a male parent) To procreate or generate (offspring).
2.To cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power .
Quotes:
...all miserable events do naturally beget their like.
-- Herman Melville, Moby-Dick , 1851
...it is not words that beget new things, it is feeling.
-- D. H. Lawrence, Apocalypse and the Writings on Revelation, 1930
Origin:
The term beget has been around in English since before 1000’s. It is a
cognate with the Old High Germanbigezzan.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
No comments:
Post a Comment