begot

variants also begat
past tense of beget

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Recent Examples of begot Metroid and Castlevania begot the Metroidvania; hell, today, practically every game of any high difficulty gets roped in with soulslikes (referencing Dark Souls). Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025 The Indian Adoption Program which begat the Indian Child Welfare Act. Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • There are alignments of anemia with some of the early modern symptoms of green sickness—though very few people today are likely to think anemia is caused by a blockage of bodily humors curable by intercourse.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 Sep. 2025
  • This lock-in effect, which is separate from the one caused by high mortgage rates, stems from the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, which introduced a capital gains exclusion of $250,000 for single filers and $500,000 for married couples.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two years after its premiere, the film spawned a Hulu sequel series, Love, Victor, that followed another student at the same suburban Atlanta high school featured in the film.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
  • The virality of the prank even spawned a recent collaboration with Anthropologie.
    Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Though the White House technically lost a lawsuit brought by the Associated Press this spring, the president was still able to spin it as a win for his base by amending the way that all wire publications were included in the routine press pool rotations.
    Christian Datoc, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Elaine Hendrix delivers dynamic Jive Elaine Hendrix brought flair and personality to her jive performance on Dancing With the Stars Week 2, earning a score of 21 out of 30.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bowie recently sired a calf there, making Fort Worth Zoo elephant matriarch Rasha a great-grandmother.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The brother lions sired several cubs over their long reign at the zoo.
    Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The veteran lefty induced a Carson Williams pop-out and Chandler Simpson ground-out, which moved Fortes to third.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
  • But then Freeland induced Logan O' Hoppe to hit a grounder to shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, but Tovar's throw to second was low, forcing Ritter to make a difficult catch at the bag and make a whirling throw to first.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, has fathered 14 children in total.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The exes share four kids — daughters Katherine and Christina and sons Patrick and Christopher — while Schwarzenegger also fathered son Joseph Baena with former housekeeper Mildred Patricia Baena.
    Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Seth MacFarlane produced the film while Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island directed.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Today’s edition of 5 Things PM was edited and produced by CNN’s Kimberly Richardson and Sarah Hutter.
    Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • He is said to have created the rice dish plov to heal a young prince who was lovesick after being banned from marrying a craftsman’s daughter.
    Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2025

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“Begot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/begot. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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