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begetting
begetting
English
Verb
begetting
- present participle of beget
Noun
begetting (plural begettings)
- The act or product of one who begets.
- 2007, John Peterman, On Ancient Philosophy
- 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.
- 2007, John Peterman, On Ancient Philosophy