Past tense of beget; fathered or produced offspring, or brought something into existence.
From Old English begeten, from be- + getan (to get, obtain). The strong verb form shows Germanic roots. 'Begot' is the simple past tense of an archaic verb still used in religious or formal contexts.
Although 'beget' is mostly archaic today, it's kept alive in the King James Bible and genealogical writings—'begat and begot' appear in countless 'begat lists,' making it one of the most recognized archaic verbs despite being almost never used in modern speech.
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