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# beget

«beget» in Mova's school dictionary: **To become the father of a child; in old tales, to produce…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (beget, begets, begot or begat, begotten, begetting) (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

To become the father of a child; in old tales, to produce children or new things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories, used for fathers having children, or for gods or suns making new ones

### examples

- The old king begot seven sons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#x1)
- Gods in the tales begot heroes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#x2)
- Greed often begets trouble. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And unto Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael; and Mehujael begot Methushael; and Methushael begot Lamech.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.107/)
- [And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.120/)
- [And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.122/)
- [And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.123/)
- [And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.125/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «beget» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beget/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.