# begot

Pronunciation: say "bi-GOT" US /biˈɡɑt/, UK /biˈɡɒt/

## Verb

1. Past tense of beget. *(literary)* — simple past of beget
   - Simple: Past tense of beget. Used mostly in stories and formal writing.
   - _One careless remark begot a feud that lasted three generations._
   - _He begot six children over two marriages and outlived most of them._

## Verb

2. Past participle of beget. Less common than begotten. *(archaic)* — past participle of beget
   - Simple: Past participle of beget. An old form, used after have or had.
   - _Centuries of trade along the coast have begot a culture that mixes many languages._
   - _By sixty he had begot eleven children and quarreled with every one of them._

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