Definition of "begat" []

• Simple past of beget. (verb)
• An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible (noun)

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• "Mary Magdalene inspires, these women say, because she was not a weakling -- the weeping Magdalene whose name begat the English word "maudlin" but a person of strength and character."
• "We gave you a hands-on look at Android last week, and now the mobile platform that Google begat is available in all its source-code glory from the Android Open Source Project."
• "Smart politics, in short, begat even better political messaging."