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 [bih-gat]   Origin

be·gat

   [bih-gat]
verb Archaic.
simple past tense of beget.
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be·gats

   [bih-gats]
plural noun Informal.
genealogical lists, especially those in the Old Testament.
Origin:
noun plural use of begat

be·get

   [bih-get]
verb (used with object), be·got or (Archaic) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.
1.
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2.
to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English begeten (see be-, get); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan

Related forms
be·get·ter, noun

Synonyms
1. spawn, sire, breed, father. 2. occasion, engender, effect, generate.

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begat (bɪˈɡæt)
 
—vb
archaic a past tense of beget

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begat
archaic p.t. of beget.
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