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                | be·get [ bi gét ] (past be·got [ bi gót ], past participle be·got·ten [ bi gótt'n ] or be·got, present participle be·get·ting, 3rd person present singular be·gets) | 
               
              
                
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                1. cause: to be the cause of something
 
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                2. father: to be the father of a child
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                | [  Old English  begietan "get" < Germanic] | 
               
              
                
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