Verb
- simple past tense of beget
Noun
(plural begats)
Usage notes
- This is uncommon in the singular.
begat
verb
- The definition of begat means you had offspring.
An example of begat is a woman who gave birth to two children.
- Begat, commonly spelled as beget, refers to an event, action or thing that caused something else to happen.
An example of begat is when a court decision starts a riot.
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Sentence Examples
- He married in his father's lifetime, and begat a son.
- The head of the divine hierarchy of Mithras was Infinite Time - Cronus, Saturn; Heaven and Earth were his offspring, and begat Ocean, who formed with them a trinity corresponding to Jupiter, Juno, and Neptune.
- Chronos begat fire, air and water, and from these three sprang numerous other gods; Smoke and darkness appear in a later tradition.
- At the age of 105 he begat Enos; he lived in all 912 years.
- 3, it is said of the saints that God the Father begat them anew unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus, and in v.
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