Definition of "begetting" [begetting]

• Present participle of beget. (verb)

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• "He uses, however, a stronger phrase of himself in begetting them spiritually, "In Christ Jesus," implying both the Saviour's office and person."
• "And no matter how the story is told or who tells it, his begetting was a thing unforeseen, for mortal love — the love of Yeshua ben Yosef and the Magdalene — played a role in it."
• "Well, then, secondly, Man pro-creates or reproduces his kind by the process of begetting, which is self-multiplication accomplished by transferring a portion of his substance to his offspring."