Beget
Beget verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: one change in the natural environment will beget others
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| fire | beget fire | cause fire |
| fear | beget fear | cause fear |
| destruction | beget destruction | cause destruction |
| nothing | beget nothing | cause nothing |
| Other words: paradox. | ||
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Cause and Beget. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/beget/cause
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Cause or Beget. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/beget/cause.
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