begotten

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But the rat itself was surely born here, in the Valley, begotten of that species of teenagers caroming through the malls in flocks and packs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2024

Its shrinking budget has begotten a shrinking member base, leading to an even smaller budget.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2024

“The creative inspiration people got from cheese boards has begotten creative inspiration for a lot of things,” she says.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020

Recent decades have seen the museum organised by way of a stately procession, in which art movements and -isms were shown to have begotten other movements and -isms.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2019

All the children born or begotten in that year, and there were many, were fair to see and strong, and most of them had a rich golden hair that had before been rare among hobbits.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien