See beget on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:3:",
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"sense": "cause, produce",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "cause, produce",
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{
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{
"code": "ca",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shēngyù",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "生育"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "shēngzhí",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "生殖"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "da",
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{
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"code": "fi",
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"code": "gl",
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{
"code": "ka",
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"sense": "procreate",
"word": "დასაბამს აძლევს"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "šoba",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "შობა"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "zeugen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "sich fortpflanzen"
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{
"code": "el",
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"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "el",
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{
"code": "he",
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"sense": "procreate",
"word": "ילד"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "sga",
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"sense": "procreate",
"word": "do·fuissim"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "generare"
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"roman": "umu",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "生む"
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"sense": "procreate",
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"code": "mk",
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{
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{
"code": "wlc",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "procreate",
"word": "ter filho"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "gerar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "procrea"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvodítʹ potómstvo",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvestí potómstvo",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "произвести́ пото́мство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poroždátʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "порожда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porodítʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "породи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rožátʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рожа́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "roždátʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рожда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rodítʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "роди́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvodítʹ na svet",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "производи́ть на свет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvestí na svet",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "произвести́ на свет"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "janayati",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "जनयति"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "poroditi"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "concebir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "avla"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"english": "causative voice",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "täm-"
}
],
"word": "beget"
}
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"msg": "possible sense number in translation item: Icelandic: __IGNORE__, __IGNORE__, (1) __IGNORE__, __IGNORE__, (2) __IGNORE__",
"path": [
"beget"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "verb",
"title": "beget",
"trace": ""
}
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