the act or process of begetting; the act of fathering or producing offspring; procreation.
Formed from 'beget' (from Old English 'begitan,' meaning to generate or father) plus the suffix '-al' (from Latin, used to form nouns from verbs). This noun form emphasizes the act itself rather than the result.
While 'begetting' is the common noun form, 'begettal' appears in more formal theological and philosophical texts discussing the nature of procreation and creation—it sounds appropriately weighty for serious discussion.
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