What does begat mean?
Begat means simple past of beget.
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/biˈɡæt/ · verb
simple past of beget.
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
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).
I'm just a dyke who wants a kid/What could be weird about that/You don't have to be straight to begat
To put food on the table, Ruth gleaned in the fields and one of the fields belonged to Boaz who noticed her and admired her. They married and Ruth bore a son, Obed. There ensues a begat-ridden genealogy and....
There's a bunch of begats in First Chronicles, chapter six, and it's way dull, especially if you consider what a begat involves.
In many instances even that cannot be done," and John Edgar Wideman prefaces Damballah with "A Begat Chart" and a "Family Tree."
Use begat when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Begat means simple past of beget.
Common synonyms include begot.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
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