begot
bi-ˈgät 
bē-
also begat
bi-ˈgat
bē-
; begotten
bi-ˈgä-tᵊn
bē-
or begot; begetting
1
: to procreate as the father : sire
He died without begetting an heir.
2
: to produce especially as an effect or outgrowth
Violence only begets more violence.
begetter
noun
Examples of beget in a Sentence
He died without begetting an heir.
one change in the natural environment will beget others
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The Editors, Curbed, 9 May 2025
The same is true, pretty much, of Harold Wallace Ross, who begat The New Yorker.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Music seizes the reins and detonates the studied historicity viewers expect from stories about 20th-century music, pausing to highlight points the reader normally catches in articles about a movie rather than scenes in it: Yes, the blues begat both DOOM and doom.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Melodrama gets a bad rap for being too exaggerated, and over-the-top but outrageous circumstances beget heightened emotions.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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The Editors, Curbed, 9 May 2025
The same is true, pretty much, of Harold Wallace Ross, who begat The New Yorker.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Music seizes the reins and detonates the studied historicity viewers expect from stories about 20th-century music, pausing to highlight points the reader normally catches in articles about a movie rather than scenes in it: Yes, the blues begat both DOOM and doom.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Melodrama gets a bad rap for being too exaggerated, and over-the-top but outrageous circumstances beget heightened emotions.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Beget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beget. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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