beget

verb4

1. •
   To cause; to produce; to bring forth.

   • Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.
2. •
   (literary) To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.

   • The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.
3. •
   (dialect, UK) To happen to; befall.
4. •
   (no longer used) To get or obtain.