begot
Use Begot in a sentence
verb
simple past tense and a past participle of beget.
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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.
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beget (bɪˈɡɛt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten, -got | |
| 1. | to father |
| 2. | to cause or create |
| [Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see | |
| be'getter | |
| —n | |
| begot (bɪˈɡɒt) | |
| —vb | |
| a past tense and past participle of beget | |
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Example sentences
He lived in that zone and begot his own sons and grandsons.
To those they begot, celebrated parents can be a stifling burden.
These are begot in the ventricle of memory, nourished in the womb of pia mater, and delivered upon the mellowing of occasion.
The poplar begot a story of its swift growth, and the ditch became the birthplace.
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