- past tense form of beget.
begat
Example Sentences
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He expanded his herd further that year, adding Beatrice and Benito, who begat Mellie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
Warring factions within cities and between cities begat more scandals, more corruption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
But that broken leg also begat the greatest comeback in NFL history and led to one of the gifts Smith gave Washington football fans — a rare Thanksgiving Day win over the Dallas Cowboys.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
Buffett and his music — and the empire they begat — became pivotal figures in that claiming and invention.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 3, 2023
In fact, rather than Pythagoras’s triangle, there was a circle, or a cycle, at work: form begat information, and then information begat form.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
