"begat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /biˈɡæt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-begat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: begats [plural]
Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{en-noun}} begat (plural begats)
  1. (nonstandard) An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible Tags: nonstandard
    Sense id: en-begat-en-noun-SPnmK3-v

Verb

IPA: /biˈɡæt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-begat.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æt Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} begat
  1. simple past of beget Tags: form-of, past Form of: beget Synonyms: begot
    Sense id: en-begat-en-verb-jMEhe0Nq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 23 77

Inflected forms

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