misbeget

verb

1. To beget wrongly or badly. — To produce children from an illicit or inappropriate union, especially when such children suffer birth defects.

   Therefore, Master Giles, buss the old folk, and thank them for misbegetting of thee, and ho ! you, — bring hither his mule !

2. To beget wrongly or badly. — To create or produce something badly.

   Take it; disperse the rich man's store ; Take it, and satisfy your need ; Then misbeget some millions more For our posterity to feed.

Where it comes from

From mis- + beget. Compare Middle English misbeȝete (“an illegitimate child”, literally “one who is misbegotten”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry misbeget (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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