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 →

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 →
• Gods in the tales begot heroes. tree →
• Greed often begets trouble. tree →

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.
• And the days of Adam after he begot Seth were eight hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.
• And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh.
• And Seth lived after he begot Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
• And Enosh lived ninety years, and begot Kenan.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «beget» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.