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单词 begat
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begat in British English

(bɪˈɡæt)
verb
archaic a past tense of beget
 

beget in British English

(bɪˈɡɛt)
verbWord forms: -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten or -got (transitive)
1. 
to father
2. 
to cause or create
Derived forms
begetter (beˈgetter)
noun
Word origin
Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see be-, get

Examples of 'begat' in a sentence
begat

I thought of Old Testa ment genealogies: Shem begat Terah, Terah begat Abraham... `So I might have it," I said.
Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS
Toy computers begat personal computers begat a software revolution.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Again, a failure of words begat tragedy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In this progressive, forward-thinking global climate, ridiculous begat redonkulous, which later begat redonk.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Bad news begat bad news and the shares slumped 3½p to close at 2.875p.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It was a happy day that brought these two together and begat this book.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
A unique branch of the comedy tree that never begat any imitators.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Indeed, similar belligerence, similar psychology and the one begat the other, 2003 created 2007.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It brought more musicians into my world and one idea begat another.
The Sun (2014)
Crisis begat crisis; the leadership of the party hated and undermined one another with feverish, masochistic pleasure.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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