beget
Cause to exist
Beget means to father or sire—to produce offspring as the male parent.
The word appears most often in biblical and literary contexts: Abraham begat Isaac.
By extension, beget means to cause or bring about: Violence begets violence.
The past tense is begot or begat; the past participle is begotten.
Cause to arise
- produceMake or manufacture
- createCause to exist
- spawnAquatic eggs or generate
- causeWhat produces an effect
give rise to · bring about · result in · lead to · prompt · induce · trigger · provoke
Male animal parent
- fatherMale parent
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- breedCultivated variety of animal
- spawnAquatic eggs or generate
reproduce · offspring · progeny · birth · impregnate · conception · gestation · parenthood
Those from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
pedigree · dynasty · progenitors · forebears · posterity · heirs · succession · kinship
engender
Cause to arise
cause · give rise to · bring about · result in · lead to · prompt · induce · trigger · provoke · originate
sire
Male animal parent
spawn · reproduce · offspring · progeny · birth · impregnate · conception · gestation · parenthood · paternity
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- descendantsThose who come after
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- genealogyStudy of family descent
bloodline · pedigree · dynasty · progenitors · forebears · posterity · heirs · succession · kinship · clan