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What is the noun for begetting?

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begetter
  1. A procreator; one who begets.
  2. (figuratively) An originator; a creator.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “She was not the only begetter of this program, but she dramatized its urgency.”
      “Mother, being the begetter of her daughter, is entitled to a lion's share. The remaining amount is equally divided among her relatives.”
      “She was not the only begetter of this programme, but she dramatized its urgency.”
begat
  1. (nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
begetting
begettings
begetters
  1. plural of begetter
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  3. Examples:
    1. “And they contrast not only as individuals, but in relationship to their fathers as begetters and whose reflections they bear.”
      “Second, it has remarkably few begetters, certainly for such a permissive age.”
      “From these two begetters, contemplative country hikers and argumentative city schleppers, all other walking descends.”
begats
  1. (nonstandard) plural of begat
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I spose the begats were very nice people, but Im sure they werent related to ustheyve all got such funny names.”
      “Oswald brings the poem closer to the begats of Genesis, meant to carry fact through the fog of time, than to the tales of ­Beowulf and Roland, which may have begun in history but ended in legend.”
      “Benjamin learned everything from the begats to the Beatitudes.”
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