What is "begets"

Usage examples of "begets".

This constant habit of surveying ourselves, as it were, in reflection, keeps alive all the sentiments of right and wrong, and begets, in noble natures, a certain reverence for themselves as well as others, which is the surest guardian of every virtue.

Love between the sexes begets a complacency and good-will, very distinct from the gratification of an appetite.

A lasting, high and happy memory They should, without being satisfied, pursue: Contempt of fame begets contempt of virtue.