Meaning of Begetter | Babel Free
Definitions
- A procreator; one who begets.
- An originator; a creator.
Equivalents
Examples
“Our fond Begetters, who would never die⟳, Love⟳ but themselves in their posteritie.”
“It was a mirror now, And in it a long perspective I could trace Of my begetters, dwindling backward each past each All with the family look⟳, Whose names had since been inked down in their place⟳ On the recorder’s book, Generation and generation of my mien, and build⟳, and brow.”
“To the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets Mr. W. H. all happinesse and that eternitie promised by our ever-living poet wisheth the well-wishing adventurer in setting forth.”
“He was neither a wit nor a croquet champion, a hypnotic force⟳ nor a begetter of amateur theatricals.”
“Rumours are the begetters of gossip. Even more are they the begetters of song.”
“The [Metropolitan] line's begetter, Charles Pearson, had died of dropsy on 14 September 1862. He had naturally refused a payment from the Metropolitan in return⟳ for his advocacy of the line, but the company paid an annuity of £250 to his widow.”
“As the sponsor⟳ and begetter of extremism, it was only the army which could take⟳ on religious extremism along the north-western marches and the ‘secular’ brand of terrorism down south in Karachi.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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