Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Preterit and past participle of beget.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
beget .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past of
beget .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hence, either the Syriac text has been slightly altered by a transcriber (only one letter had to be changed) or the translator understood the word begot of conventional, not of carnal, fatherhood, a meaning it has in verses 8 and 12.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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As for "begot" meaning "became the ancestor of," I was taking the date to refer to the date the child was born.
Kata Iwannhn 2008
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I asked for proof that "begot" could mean "begot the person who became the ancestor of …"
Kata Iwannhn 2008
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"As for" begot "meaning" became the ancestor of, "I was taking the date to refer to the date the child was born.
Kata Iwannhn 2008
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And then Jill begot Jake and Jake begot Ali and Ali begot Chris -except Chris decided he didn't want to be the Bachelor.
Tasha Gordon-Solmon: The Bachelor Week 2 Recap: "I will not have you like obstruct the rest of my life" Tasha Gordon-Solmon 2011
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And then Jill begot Jake and Jake begot Ali and Ali begot Chris -except Chris decided he didn't want to be the Bachelor.
Tasha Gordon-Solmon: The Bachelor Week 2 Recap: "I will not have you like obstruct the rest of my life" Tasha Gordon-Solmon 2011
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From the one came the many, begot or pollinate by inspiration or its lack: Alamo RentaCar begat AlamoDome begat Alamo Frozen Burrito which in turn was father to Alamo Bowlarama.
Alamo Rag David Ackley 2011
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And then Jill begot Jake and Jake begot Ali and Ali begot Chris -except Chris decided he didn't want to be the Bachelor.
Tasha Gordon-Solmon: The Bachelor Week 2 Recap: "I will not have you like obstruct the rest of my life" Tasha Gordon-Solmon 2011
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Inspirational Quote: The hag Sedition was your mother, and Perversity begot you.
Archive 2009-07-01 Ulysses 2009
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Yet to say blindness begot the love gives people the illusion that blindness is more than a physical disability.
Rebecca Walker: Love is Blind Rebecca Walker 2010
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