begetting
Fathering a child
Begetting is producing offspring, especially as a father.
The word is biblical and formal: Abraham begat Isaac.
It extends to causing or bringing about: Violence begets violence.
The past tense begat (or begot) appears in genealogies and proverbs.
Begetting emphasizes the generative act rather than the birth itself.
Formation of an idea
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
siring · fathering · mothering · breeding · paternity · maternity · offspring · progeny
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
genealogy · descent · forebears · ancestors · progenitors · forefathers · dynasty · clan
Point of creation
- creationMaking something exist
- inceptionFounding moment
- commencementAct of starting
- beginningInitial stage of something
dawn · emergence · initiation · foundation · nascence · advent · outset · source
Conveyance of goods
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- newbornInfant just delivered
- infantVery young child
- maternityState of being pregnant
midwife · gestation · contractions · obstetrics · neonate · postpartum · swaddle · nursery
Reproductive capacity
- fruitfulnessCapacity for abundant production
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- prolificacyQuality of abundant production
- reproductionCopying or procreation
breeding · germination · pollination · fertilization · cultivation · flourishing · abundance · virility
First created man
- AbrahamFirst Hebrew patriarch
- IsaacHebrew patriarch name
- JacobMale given name
- genealogiesRecords of family descent
patriarchs · Genesis · generations · covenant · firstborn · seed · tribes · David
conception
Formation of an idea
- reproductionCopying or procreation
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- copulationSexual joining of bodies
insemination · siring · fathering · mothering · breeding · paternity · maternity · offspring · progeny · spawn
ancestry
Family line of descent
bloodline · genealogy · descent · forebears · ancestors · progenitors · forefathers · dynasty · clan · house
genesis
Point of creation
- creationMaking something exist
- inceptionFounding moment
- commencementAct of starting
beginning · dawn · emergence · initiation · foundation · nascence · advent · outset · source · start
delivery
Conveyance of goods
maternity · midwife · gestation · contractions · obstetrics · neonate · postpartum · swaddle · nursery · doula
fecundity
Reproductive capacity
- fruitfulnessCapacity for abundant production
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- prolificacyQuality of abundant production
reproduction · breeding · germination · pollination · fertilization · cultivation · flourishing · abundance · virility · potency
Adam
First created man
genealogies · patriarchs · Genesis · generations · covenant · firstborn · seed · tribes · David · Solomon
- creation mythscosmogony, theogony, world egg, creation, primordial
- TrinityHoly Trinity, Father, Holy Spirit, three persons, one God
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
begettingadopting
Taking as one's own
fostering · taking in · inheriting · acquiring · adoption
begettingkilling
Causing death deliberately
destroying · slaying · annihilating · murdering · exterminating
begettingpreventing
Stopping before occurrence
stopping · halting · blocking · inhibiting · suppressing
beget, begetter, misbegotten, begets, begotten, begat, begot