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begot (bɪˈɡɒt Pronunciation for begot ) 

Definitions

verb

  1. a past tense and past participle of beget

beget (bɪˈɡɛt Pronunciation for beget ) 

Definitions

verb

-gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten, -got tr
  1. to father
  2. to cause or create

Derived Forms

beˈgetter noun

Word Origin

Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see be-, get

Synonyms

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= cause, bring, produce, create, effect, lead to, occasion, result in, generate, provoke, induce, bring about, give rise to, precipitate, incite, engender
= father, breed, generate, sire, get, propagate, procreate

Example Sentences Including 'begot'

I don't know how he did it, or when he did it, but it seems old Werra begot himself a child.
Tepper, Sheri S. A Plague of Angels
They acquired me; got me, rather than begot me --- I was adopted at just under six months.
Isabel Wolff RESCUING ROSE (2002)
``Oh, to vex me, contraries meet in one: / Inconstancy hath unnaturally begot / A constant habit.
Edward Docx THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003)

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