Begetting

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or product of one who begets.

    "The gods' begettings in the Theogony are reminiscent of the biblical human begettings in the Old Testament and emphasize their being in nature, unlike the Judaic God outside of it."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of beget form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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breedinggenerationmultiplicationprocreationproliferationpropagation

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"The gods' begettings in the Theogony are reminiscent of the biblical human begettings in the Old Testament and emphasize their being in nature, unlike the Judaic God outside of it."

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