- past tense form of beget.
begat
Example Sentences
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That story begat others, which became the foundation for “Bug Hollow.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
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
It was family tragedy that begat a soldier.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2023
This begat a tradition of colorful but useless metaphoric descriptions that preoccupied physicians for centuries.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
