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Beget

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engenderverb(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
generateverb(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
sirenounA lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
getverb(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
mothernounA female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
fathernounA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
bring forthverbTo create, generate, bring into existence.

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engenderverb(transitive) To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.
motherverbA female parent, especially of a human; a female who parents a child (which she has given birth to, adopted, or fostered).
fatherverbA male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his own, etc.).
generateverb(transitive) To bring into being; give rise to.
bring forthverbTo create, generate, bring into existence.
sireverbA lord, master, or other person in authority, most commonly used vocatively: formerly in speaking to elders and superiors, later only when addressing a sovereign.
getverb(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
procreateverb(intransitive) To reproduce.
breedverbTo produce offspring sexually; to bear young.
spawnverb(transitive) To produce or deposit (eggs) in water.
createverb(transitive) To bring into existence; (sometimes in particular:)
produceverb(transitive) To bring forth, to yield, make, manufacture, or otherwise generate.
progenerateverb(transitive) To beget; to generate; to produce.
infantnounA very young human being, from birth to somewhere between six months and two years of age after birth, needing almost constant care and attention.
childnoun(broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
birthnoun(uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
engendrenounObsolete form of engender. [(obsolete, transitive) To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).]
ingeneratenoun(transitive) To generate or produce within; to beget or engender; to cause.
bearnounA large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
rebegetverbTo beget again.

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