Antonyms for begetter


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bih-get
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɛt


Definition of begetter

Origin :
  • mid-15c., agent noun from beget.
  • As in originator : noun creator
  • As in parent : noun person, source of product
  • As in source : noun beginning; point of supply
  • As in progenitor : noun forebear
  • As in sire : noun father
  • As in creator : noun inventor; god
  • As in father : noun male person who begets children
  • As in forebearer : noun family predecessor
Example sentences :
  • Begetter of intelligence reached by intuition, not reason, iii.
  • Extract from : « Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 4 » by Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • Such were the deeds of the begetter and giver of being, Tepeuh, Gucumatz.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 » by Hubert Howe Bancroft
  • It was a great and fruitful idea—and the Prince was its only begetter.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 » by Charles L. Graves
  • One form of the legend makes Tammuz the begetter of autumn vegetation.
  • Extract from : « Sumerian Hymns » by Frederick Augustus Vanderburgh
  • They loved; and Love is the parent of endurance, the begetter of courage.
  • Extract from : « Pierre And His People, [Tales of the Far North], Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • As is the begetter, so are they also that are begotten of him.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Genesis » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
  • Neither am I the only begetter of the fancies I am about to set forth.
  • Extract from : « Tragic Sense Of Life » by Miguel de Unamuno
  • She is valued first as a begetter of offspring, second as a domestic.
  • Extract from : « Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic » by Sidney L. Gulick
  • Who was the "only begetter" of these passionate offerings of the poet's love?
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 76, February, 1864 » by Various
  • Nine-tenths of all the imaginative literature of the world is concerned with love and death, the begetter and the extinguisher.
  • Extract from : « The Critical Game » by John Albert Macy

Synonyms for begetter

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