Meaning & use
begot
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Became the father of a child, or caused something to come into existence.
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In the old family Bible, it records that Abraham begot Isaac.
The scandal begot a wave of public outrage.
A note on using this word
An archaic past tense of 'beget'; mostly encountered today in biblical or historical texts and in formal, literary writing.
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