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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

"But if your most worthy son should die ere he has begot children, have you made no disposition?"

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

Long evolution has begot a system of legal relationships, and of banking technique which makes these promises easily performed.

From The Value of Money by Anderson, Benjamin M.

Moses has begot children, he has done his duty toward the world.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 by Szold, Henrietta