Begat

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

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  • v. Simple past of beget.
  • n. An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Old preterit of beget, still sometimes used poetically.
  • Word Usage
    "Mary Magdalene inspires, these women say, because she was not a weakling -- the weeping Magdalene whose name begat the English word "maudlin" but a person of strength and character."
    Antonym
    kill   
    Verb Form
    begat    begets    begetting    begot    begotten   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    create    make   
    Cross Reference
    sire   
    Variant
    begot    begetting    begotten    begat   
    Form
    begot    begat    begotten    begetting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    generate    parent    raised    gender    engender    get    ingender    father    procreate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret    Brett    Burnett    Calumet    Chalmette    Chet