Crossword clues for begat
begat
- Had, biblically
- Fathered, in the Bible
- Biblical genealogy word
- Sired, old-style
- Old Testament verb
- "Darkness --- ignorance" (Luther)
- Sired, in Matthew
- Sired, in Exodus
- Sired, in biblical terms
- Produced, Biblically
- Had, in the Good Book
- Had, in the Bible
- Gave rise to, in the Bible
- Engendered, in Genesis
- ''... darkness ___ ignorance'' (Luther)
- Sired, in biblical times
- Sired, biblically
- Fathered, biblical-style
- Produced, biblically speaking
- Brought forth, biblically
- Often-used word in Matthew 1
- Word appearing 39 times in the King James Version of Matthew 1
- Fathered, biblically
- Procreated, biblical style
- Genesis verb
- Oft-repeated verb in Genesis
- Biblical verb
- Brought about
- Sired, in the Bible
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Beget \Be*get"\, v. t. [imp. Begot, (Archaic) Begat; p. p. Begot, Begotten; p. pr. & vb. n. Begetting.] [OE. bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref. be- + gitan. See Get, v. t. ]
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To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; -- commonly said of the father.
Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget.
--Milton. To get (with child.) [Obs.]
--Shak.-
To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
Love is begot by fancy.
--Granville.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
archaic past tense of beget.
Wiktionary
n. (context nonstandard English) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible vb. (en-simple past of: beget)
WordNet
See beget
Usage examples of "begat".
Woden begat Beldeg, who begat Beornec, who begat Gethbrond, who begat Aluson, who begat Ingwi, who begat Edibrith, who begat Esa, who begat Eoppa, who begat Ida.
Hengist begat Octa, who begat Ossa, who begat Eormenric, who begat Ethelbert, who begat Eadbald, who begat Ercombert, who begat Egbert.
Guercha begat Uffa, who begat Tytillus, who begat Eni, who begat Edric, who begat Aldwulf, who begat Elric.
Woden begat Guedolgeat, who begat Gueagon, who begat Guithleg, who begat Guerdmund, who begat Ossa, who begat Ongen, who begat Eamer, who begat Pubba.
Soemil begat Sguerthing, who begat Giulglis, who begat Ulfrea, who begat Iffi, who begat Ulli, Edwin, Osfrid and Eanfrid.
Oswy begat Egfrid, the same is Ailguin, who begat Oslach, sho begat Alhun, who begat Adlsing, who begat Echun, who begat Oslaph.
Ida begat Eadric, who begat Ecgulf, who begat Leodwald, who begat Eata, the same is Glinmaur, who begat Eadbert and Egbert, who was the first bishop of their nation.
There is a land encircled by lofty mountains, rich in sheep and in pasture, where Prometheus, son of Iapetus, begat goodly Deucalion, who first founded cities and reared temples to the immortal gods, and first ruled over men.
When Lucifer seduced Eve, and Cain was begotten, then Cain begat children and these were referred to also as the sons and daughters of Lucifer.
We then cannily proceeded, just as if one thing begat another, to discourse anent the different men that were likely to do as councillors, and fixed at last on Alexander Hodden the blanket merchant, and Patrick Fegs the grocer, both excellent characters of their kind.
Winken, Blinken, Tod, and Nod paired up and begat eight further moldies: Stanky, Panky, Grogan, Flibbertigibbet, Dik, Dawna, Nerf, and Moana.
No, there would be prattling of night demons who begat him, and the same aversion Merlin had met himself in days past.
Nevertheless, a wayward glimpse brought unexpected grief, not for the Uncle I knew but the one that I had been cheated of by a boyhood prank gone awry, and all the mistruths and misdeeds it had begat.
And Pops, late in life when he and Sweetheart had despaired of having a child, begat Patsy.
In the preterit some are likewise formed by a, as brake, spake, bare, share, sware, tare, ware, clave, gat, begat, forgat, and perhaps some others, but more rarely.