Definition of Begetting

1. Verb. (present participle of beget) ¹

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Definition of Begetting

1. beget [v] - See also: beget

Lexicographical Neighbors of Begetting

begazed
begazes
begazing
begeck
begedkefet
begem
begemmed
begemming
begems
beget
begets
begetter
begetters
begettest
begetteth
begetting (current term)
begg'd
beggable
beggar
beggar's-lice
beggar's-ticks
beggar's ticks
beggar-my-neighbor
beggar-my-neighbor policy
beggar-my-neighbor strategy
beggar-my-neighbors
beggar-my-neighbour
beggar-my-neighbour policy
beggar-my-neighbour strategy

Literary usage of Begetting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Divine Plan of the Agesby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (2000)
"This birth to the spiritual nature in the resurrection must be preceded by a begetting of the Spirit at consecration, just as surely as the birth of the ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Unless it be certain from other sources that the Hebrew word in question signifies the begetting of an immediate offspring, Gen., v, 15, for instance, ..."

3. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"And as without this secret divine power there is no quickening and regenerating of dead souls, so the want of this generating and begetting power and life ..."

4. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1892)
"About what happens in the begetting of a son ; the first sexual excitement it should produce for the female, the second, third, fourth, ..."

5. Social life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"begetting Children during the Period of Mourning unlawful.—Solicitude relating to Coffins.—Incidents.—Purchase of Coffins during Lifetime. ..."

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