Antonyms for begot


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bih-got
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈgɒt


Definition of begot

Origin :
  • 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.
  • verb create, bear
Example sentences :
  • I reflected that his was the calling which begot civilisation.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder » by J. D. Beresford
  • Well, this may we say: those who begot us need have no shame.
  • Extract from : « Cleopatra » by H. Rider Haggard
  • These qualities, and the time he had for thinking, begot Seed-corn.
  • Extract from : « A Matter of Proportion » by Anne Walker
  • It more often begot laughter, and his case was an instance of it.
  • Extract from : « The Dude Wrangler » by Caroline Lockhart
  • What were they, after all, but dreams, “begot of nothing but vain fantasy?”
  • Extract from : « She and I, Volume 2 » by John Conroy Hutcheson
  • He will rue it that ever he begot a son who will lose him his acres and his steading.
  • Extract from : « Sir Nigel » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • They seem to have no acquaintance with one another, beyond that begot out of the game.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • Nabopolassar, the father who begot me, had begun to build a palace of bricks.
  • Extract from : « The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI) » by Max Duncker
  • From the fame and memory of him that begot me, shamefacedness, and manlike behaviour.
  • Extract from : « No Cross, No Crown » by William Penn
  • Also afterwards he begot children on his second wife Ediltrudis.
  • Extract from : « Holinshed Chronicles, Volume I, Complete » by Raphaell Holinshed

Synonyms for begot

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