Begat vs Beget - What's the difference?
begat | beget |
(beget)
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(nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
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To cause; to produce.
To father (rarely: to mother); to sire; to produce (a child).
To happen to; befall.
As verbs the difference between begat and beget
is that begat is simple past of beget while beget is to cause; to produce.As a noun begat
is an element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible.begat
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Verb
(head)- And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
- Abraham begat' Isaac; and Isaac '''begat''' Jacob; and Jacob ' begat Judas and his brethren
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Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* This is uncommon in the singular. English irregular simple past formsbeget
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Verb
Quotations
* , Genesis 5:3 *: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: * {{quote-web, date=2012-02-01 , author=Kathy Gilbert, title=Pitching In, site=Chatter Chattanoogacitation, passage=Rugby football was created in the early 1800s at England’s all-boys Rugby School. The sport begat American football, Gaelic football, Australian rules football and Association football (aka soccer).}}