1 As for the sons and the daughters they beget, why, those sons and daughters must take care of themselves; at least, with only the maternal help.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters. 2 Ye did beget this luckless child, and have abandoned him, ye creative libertines.
3 The plot was only there to beget emotion.
4 I like you because I have those same qualities in me and like begets liking.
5 It is not who begets us, that matters, but where fate places us.
6 Such views of life were to some extent the natural begettings of her situation upon her nature.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 7 Queen of Night