Beget vs Begotten - What's the difference?
beget | begotten |
To cause; to produce.
To father (rarely: to mother); to sire; to produce (a child).
To happen to; befall.
As verbs the difference between beget and begotten
is that beget is to cause; to produce while begotten is past participle of lang=en.beget
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* , 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).}}