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Definitions for Begat

[1] simple past tense of beget.
[2] genealogical lists, especially those in the Old Testament.
[3] (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
[4] to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
[5] archaic a past tense of beget
[6] to father
[7] to cause or create

Words related to Begat

engender, sire, procreate, get, afford, breed, father, effect, reproduce, bring, produce, propagate, multiply, occasion, cause, generate

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Origin of Begat

etbefore 1000; Middle English begeten (see be-, get); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan

Other words from Begat

be·get·ter , noun

Word origin for Begat

etOld English begietan ; related to Old Saxon bigetan , Old High German pigezzan , Gothic bigitan to find; see be- , get

Synonyms for Begat

bring about, engender, sire, afford, breed, bring, cause, effect, father, generate, get, multiply, occasion, procreate, produce, propagate, reproduce, give rise to, progenerate, result in