Hypertext Webster Gateway: "begot"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Beget \Be*get"\, v. t. [imp. {Begot}, (Archaic) {Begat}; p. p.
{Begot}, {Begotten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begetting}.] [OE.
bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref.
be- + gitan. See {Get}, v. t. ]
1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; --
commonly said of the father.

Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget.
--Milton.

2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak.

3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.

Love is begot by fancy. --Granville.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Begot \Be*got"\ (b[-e]*g[o^]t"),
imp. & p. p. of {Beget}.


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