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"2": "enm",
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "ang",
"3": "beġietan",
"4": "",
"5": "to get"
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"name": "der"
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"2": "gem-pro",
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"5": "to find, seize"
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},
{
"args": {
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"3": "",
"4": "to gain, achieve, win, procure"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English begeten [influenced by Old Norse geta (\"to get, to guess\")], from Old English beġietan (“to get”), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- + get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”).",
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"present"
]
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"past"
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},
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"word": "be born"
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"word": "give birth"
}
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"name": "English terms prefixed with be-",
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}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2003, William H. Frist, Shirley Wilson, Good People Beget Good People: A Genealogy of the Frist Family, Rowman & Littlefield, page 110",
"text": "I believe good people beget good people. If you marry the right person, then you will have good children. But everywhere else in life, too, good people beget good people. In your work, when you hire good people, they, in turn, will hire good ...",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To father; to sire; to produce (a child)."
],
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"father",
"father"
],
[
"sire",
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],
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"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔanjaba",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "أَنْجَبَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "törətmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "əkmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "doğmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "začevam",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "зачевам"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "concebre"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngyù",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "生育"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngzhí",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "生殖"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "產生"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chǎnshēng",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "产生"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "plodit"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "avle"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "verwekken"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "voortbrengen"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "hedelmöittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "siittää"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "procréer"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "engendrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "xerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "dasabams aʒlevs",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "დასაბამს აძლევს"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šoba",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "შობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "zeugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "sich fortpflanzen"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "gennó",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "γεννώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "parágo",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "παράγω"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "yalád",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "ילד"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "nemz"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "do·fuissim"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "generare"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"alt": "うむ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "umu",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "生む"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "záčne",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "за́чне"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "pórodi",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "по́роди"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "ahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "ai"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "wlc",
"lang": "Mwali Comorian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "udzaya"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "ter filho"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "gerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "procriar"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "procrea"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvodítʹ potómstvo",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "производи́ть пото́мство"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvestí potómstvo",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "произвести́ пото́мство"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poroždátʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "порожда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porodítʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "породи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rožátʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рожа́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "roždátʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "рожда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rodítʹ",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "роди́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvodítʹ na svet",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "производи́ть на свет"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvestí na svet",
"sense": "procreate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "произвести́ на свет"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "janayati",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "जनयति"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "poroditi"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "concebir"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "avla"
},
{
"_dis1": "54 16 24 6",
"code": "txb",
"english": "causative voice",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "täm-"
}
]
},
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"name": "English terms prefixed with be-",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "2019 May 12, Alex McLevy, “Westeros faces a disastrous final battle on the penultimate Game of Thrones (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club",
"text": "Violence begets violence, and the only people still remaining will do the very thing that the living were fighting to preserve during the battle against the Night King: They’ll remember, and keep the memory of this bloodbath alive.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause; to produce."
],
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"links": [
[
"cause",
"cause"
],
[
"produce",
"produce"
]
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
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"translations": [
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "doğurmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "törətmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "əmələ gətirmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poraždam",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "пораждам"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predizvikvam",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "предизвиквам"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "engendrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhāozhì",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "招致"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "počít"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "vyvolat"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "zapříčinit"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "afføde"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "skabe"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "veroorzaken"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "jrj",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "ir"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "generi"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "synnyttää"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "aiheuttaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "engendrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "xerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣armokmna",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "წარმოქმნა"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "c̣armošoba",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "წარმოშობა"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "erzeugen"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "prokaló",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "προκαλώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "okoz"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "kelt"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "előidéz"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "maga után von"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "generare"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"alt": "きたす",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kitasu",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "来たす"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ráǵa",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "ра́ѓа"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "predízvika",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "преди́звика"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "skape"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "avføde"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "forårsake"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "spowodować"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "engendrar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "gerar"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poroždátʹ",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "порожда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porodítʹ",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "породи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvodítʹ",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "производи́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "proizvestí",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "произвести́"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 78 10 1",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "janayati",
"sense": "cause, produce",
"word": "जनयति"
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{
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{
"code": "hu",
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{
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{
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{
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cs",
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{
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"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "procreate",
"word": "voortbrengen"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "procreate",
"word": "siittää"
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
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{
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{
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"code": "de",
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{
"code": "el",
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{
"code": "el",
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{
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"code": "mk",
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"code": "pt",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "procreate",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"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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