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verb
To beget wrongly or badly.
To produce children from an illicit or inappropriate union, especially when such children suffer birth defects.
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verb
To beget wrongly or badly.
To create or produce something badly.
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History
From mis- + beget. Compare Middle English misbeȝete (“an illegitimate child”, literally “one who is misbegotten”).
