begot

Verb

beget (third-person singular simple present begets, present participle begetting, simple past begot or (archaic) begat, past participle begotten or (rare) begot)

1. (literary, transitive) To produce or bring forth (a child); to be a parent of; to father or sire.
   • The King intends to beget a child within the next five years.
2. (transitive) To cause; to produce; to bring forth.
   • Wealth begets wealth; poverty begets poverty.

   Synonyms:

   breed

3. (obsolete, transitive) To get or obtain.
   • If there bee neuer a Seruant-monſter i' the Fayre, who can helpe it, he ſayes ; nor a neſt of Antiques ? Hee is loth to make Nature afraid in his Playes, like thoſe that beget Tales, Tempeſts, and ſuch like Drolleries, […]1614 November 10 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Beniamin Iohnson [i.e., Ben Jonson], Bartholmew Fayre: A Comedie, […], London: […] I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, […], published 1631...
4. (UK, dialectal, transitive) To happen to; befall.