Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to beget
Participle: begot
Gerund: begetting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | beget |
| you | beget |
| he;she;it | begets |
| we | beget |
| you | beget |
| they | beget |
Perfect
| I | have begot |
| you | have begot |
| he;she;it | has begot |
| we | have begot |
| you | have begot |
| they | have begot |
Past
| I | begot |
| you | begot |
| he;she;it | begot |
| we | begot |
| you | begot |
| they | begot |
Pluperfect
| I | had begot |
| you | had begot |
| he;she;it | had begot |
| we | had begot |
| you | had begot |
| they | had begot |
Future
| I | will beget |
| you | will beget |
| he;she;it | will beget |
| we | will beget |
| you | will beget |
| they | will beget |
Future Perfect
| I | will have begot |
| you | will have begot |
| he;she;it | will have begot |
| we | will have begot |
| you | will have begot |
| they | will have begot |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | beget |
| you | beget |
| he;she;it | beget |
| we | beget |
| you | beget |
| they | beget |
Perfect
| I | have begot |
| you | have begot |
| he;she;it | have begot |
| we | have begot |
| you | have begot |
| they | have begot |
Imperfect
| I | begot |
| you | begot |
| he;she;it | begot |
| we | begot |
| you | begot |
| they | begot |
Pluperfect
| I | had begot |
| you | had begot |
| he;she;it | had begot |
| we | had begot |
| you | had begot |
| they | had begot |
Conditional
Present
| I | would beget |
| you | would beget |
| he;she;it | would beget |
| we | would beget |
| you | would beget |
| they | would beget |
Perfect
| I | would have begot |
| you | would have begot |
| he;she;it | would have begot |
| we | would have begot |
| you | would have begot |
| they | would have begot |
Imperative
| you | beget |
| we | Let's beget |
| you | beget |
Verbs conjugated like 'beget'
beget,
get,
Verbs similar to 'beget'
begem,
benet,
beset,
bewet,
reget,
bagel,
beast,
beat,
becut,
bede,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
begietan "to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize," from be- + get (q.v.). Sense of "to procreate" is from 1205.
2. From Middle English begeten [influenced by Old Norse geta ("to get, to guess")], from Old English beġietan (“to get”), from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (“to find, seize”), equivalent to be- + get. Cognate with Old Saxon bigetan (“to find, seize”), Old High German bigezan (“to gain, achieve, win, procure”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*bigetaną', Old Saxon '
bigetan', Old High German 'bigezan'.
Verbs referencing "beget"
Old Saxon
bigetan.
Sample Sentences
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[...] sharp and well-trained officers if you met them in the Great Desert. So true it is, that certain pursuits, wherever carried on, will stamp men with the same character. These two might have been begotten, born, and bred, in Bow Street.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] circles of spirits, and brought all his old court pride along with him; for it was ingrain, bred in the bone, though he was originally of poor and not in any way of noble family. My brother was begotten in his image.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)