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[O. Eng. begen to beg, and yldo, yld, eld age, seniority, a man.) A mendicant. "A bastarde, a bounde on, a begeneldes douhter." Piers Plowman, p. 158. (S. in Boucher.) *bě-gěs, *bě-gě ', adv. [Eng. pref. be = by, and ge e = gue ; Dan. gi e.] By chance, at random. Of luve expre , "Thou lichtlies all trew properties And marks quhen neir a styme thou seis, And hits bege . Scott: Evergreen, L. 113. "I hapnit in a wilderne , Quhair I chanst to gang in beges ." Burel's Pilg . (Watson's Coll . ), il. 30. bě-gět', *bi-gět'e, *by-gy'te (pret. begot , † begat, begatte, begate; pa. par. begotten, bigeten), v.t. [Eng. be ; get to cause to get; A.S. begytan , big it an (pret. begeat ) = to get, to obtain; A.S. prefix be , and get an, gytan, git an =to get.] [GET.] The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia 494 1. Lit. To engender, to generate, to procreate, to become the father of. (Used of the procreation of children.) 2. Fig .: To produce, to engender, to generate, to cause to come into existence. (Used of projects, ideas, or anything similar, or generally of anything which man can bring into being.) "Till carried to exce in each domain, This fav rite good begets peculiar pain." Goldsmith: The Traveller.