begat

verb Archaic.

1. simple past tense of beget.

plural noun Informal.

1. genealogical lists, especially those in the Old Testament.

verb (used with object), be·got or (Archaic) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.

1. (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2. to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.

verb

1. archaic a past tense of beget

verb -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten or -got (tr)

1. to father
2. to cause or create

v.

archaic past tense of beget.

v.

Old English begietan “to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize” (class V strong verb, past tense begeat, past participle begeaton), from be- + get (v.). Sense of “to procreate” is from c.1200. Related to Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan “to get, obtain.” Related: Begot; begotten.