/biˈɡæt/
- form-of, pastsimple 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).”
- nonstandardTo beget.
“I'm just a dyke who wants a kid/What could be weird about that/You don't have to be straight to begat”
- nonstandardAn element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
“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 genealo”
“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."”
Formsbegats(present, singular, third-person) · begatting(participle, present) · begatted(participle, past) · begatted(past) · begats(plural)