begat

[bih-gat] / bɪˈgæt /

VERB

create, bear

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bring about engender sire

STRONG

afford breed bring cause effect father generate get multiply occasion procreate produce propagate reproduce

WEAK

give rise to progenerate result in

Antonyms

STRONGEST

halt kill stop

STRONG

destroy fail leave

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begat

And in the course of this year I gave myself, I got the show “Godspell,” and that begat other things.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

“Survivor” begat “The Apprentice,” sharing an executive producer in Mark Burnett.

From Salon ● May 31, 2025

Devastation begat devastation, as the ecological dominoes began to fall.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

But that broken leg also begat the greatest comeback in NFL history and led to one of the gifts Smith gave Washington football fans — a rare Thanksgiving Day win over the Dallas Cowboys.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2023

“No. I’ll begat my rope. You don’t git things. You begat things.”

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

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