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be⋅gat

  [bi-gat]
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–verb Archaic.
pt. of beget.

be⋅gats

  [bi-gats]
–plural noun Informal.
genealogical lists, esp. those in the Old Testament.
Origin:
n. pl. use of begat

be⋅get

  [bi-get]
–verb (used with object), be⋅got or (Archaic) be⋅gat; be⋅got⋅ten or be⋅got; be⋅get⋅ting.
1. (esp. of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2. to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME begeten (see be-, get ); r. ME biyeten, OE begetan; c. Goth bigitan, OHG bigezzan

Related forms:
be⋅get⋅ter, noun

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