begat
/biˈɡæt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past of beget
verb
To beget.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /biˈɡæt/
Inflected Forms
begats (present, singular)
begatting (participle, present)
begatted (participle, past)
begatted (past)
begats (plural)