misbegets
misbegets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misbeget.
Meaning of misbeget
Verb
misbeget (third-person singular simple present misbegets, present participle misbegetting, simple past misbegot, past participle misbegotten)
- To produce children from an illicit or inappropriate union, especially when such children suffer birth defects.
- Therefore, Master Giles, buss the old folk, and thank them for misbegetting of thee, and ho ! you, — bring hither his mule !1869, Charles Reade, The Cloister and the Hearth
- To create or produce something badly.
- Take it; disperse the rich man's store ; Take it, and satisfy your need ; Then misbeget some millions more For our posterity to feed.1886, Frederic William Farrar, Sermons and Addresses Delivered in America, page 118
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- Misbegets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of misbeget.
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