beget
verb (used with object)
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
has begot
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present perfectof beget (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Like Richard, Scully has begot “a generation of still-breeding thoughts,/ And these same thoughts people this little world.”
From Washington Post ● May 27, 2022
Fleshy Feodor Karamazov has begot, among others, three legitimate sons.
From Time Magazine Archive
Moses has begot children, he has done his duty toward the world.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Henrietta Szold
It was pursued into its utmost consequences; and a dangerous principle has begot a correspondent practice.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
It was pursued into its utmost consequences; and a dangerous principle has begot a correspondent practice.
From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Henry Morley
