His mother, who had begot him in adultery after having openly avowed her criminality, in order to obtain a divorce from her husband, placed the boy under the care of a poor woman, who brought him up as her son.
The Father having begot a Son most blest, And still begetting, (for he ne'er begun.
Some have their wives, their sisters some begot, But in the lives of emperors you shall not Read of a lust the which may equal this: This wolf begot himself, and finished What he began alive when he was dead.
We were at first a mere handful, but when We had recourse to marriage and begot children we came to surpass all mankind not only in manliness but in populousness.
You have done right, then, to imitate the gods and right to emulate your fathers, that, just as theybegot you, you may also bring others into the world.
I might extend the allegory, by mentioning several of the children of False Humour, who are more in number than the sands of the sea, and might in particular enumerate the many sons and daughters which he has begot in this island.
A few weeks later Schiller spent two weeks as Goethe's guest in Weimar, where long discussions, spun out on one occasion from noon to midnight, begot a perfect understanding and laid the foundation of a lifelong friendship.
Their discussion begot an interest in the kindred type of the ballad, which may be regarded as a miniature epic in a lyrical form.
My sovereign lord," said she, "by the life of your soul and mine, I know nobody that begot him of me.
And I do affirm to you, my sovereign lord, that excepting that young man, I know no body that begot him of me.
Perhaps one of them appeared to this woman, andbegot that young man of her.
Enniaunus begot Belin; Belin, Jago; Jago, Cadwan, who was my father.
Some, that he was begot betweene two Stock-fishes.
Is it the fashion, that discarded Fathers, Should haue thus little mercy on their flesh: Iudicious punishment, 'twas this flesh begot Those Pelicane Daughters Edg.
These are begot in the ventricle of memorie, nourisht in the wombe of primater, and deliuered vpon the mellowing of occasion: but the gift is good in those in whom it is acute, and I am thankfull for it Hol.
It is a Monster Begot vpon it selfe, borne on it selfe Des.
First know thou, I begot him on the Empresse Luci.
Sleepe, thou hast bin a Grandsire, andbegot A Father to me: and thou hast created A Mother, and two Brothers.
While that fugitive and unlawful indulgence of the flesh not only begot flesh, but spirit,--a living soul, henceforth and eternally to be numbered among the imperishable generations of the tragic and marvellous children of men.
It was this call of a common blood which begot in her unreasoning panic, which she had run from and so wildly tried to escape.
And this last thought begotin him not only exultation but an unwonted seriousness.
But when The captain heard the gossip of his men Touching this marvel, the strange news begot No merry mood in him, who wist not what Should be the meaning of the miracle, Nor whether 'twere an omen good or ill.
Within a Mothers love lock up your friendships: And my sweet sons, once more with mutual twinings, As one chaste bed begot you, make one body: Blessings from heaven in thousand showrs fall on you.
This horse won several prizes in Derbyshire before going north, and he also begot Lincolnshire Lad II.
And so he begot Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob: and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias.
And Moses fled upon this word: and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where hebegot two sons.
And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel.
And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon.
It is certainly not to be denied that my father begot me; but, now that I am once begotten, surely his purposes in begetting do not concern me a bit and, whatever he may have called me to, I do what I myself will.
The Greeks tell us that the Indian Heracles begot many sons; in the Mahabharata Krishna entreats Mahadeva, i.
I look'd to find you abed and a young sheriffBegot by this.
Prythee, what begot That squeamish look, that scornful wry o' the mouth, When Oniate parted?
They're terms of honour, And I yet never knew to frame excuse, Where that begot the quarrel.
Yes, and repent That when I had so good an heir begot Unto my hand, I was so rash to aim At one of my own dotage.
If that be all, I'll court her as if some courtier had begot me I' th' gallery at a masque.
Seth also lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enos.
And Henoch walked with God: and lived after he begot Mathusala, three hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Seth lived after he begot Enos, eight hundred and seven years, and begot sons and daughters.
And Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim and Laabim, Nephthuim.
And Malaleel lived after he begot Jared, eight hundred and thirty years, and begot sons and daughters.
And the son of Jonathan, was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begot Micha.
And these are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran.
And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor, two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters.
In the proud insolence begot of January's shining possibilities and Kate's neat memorandum, Hugh had promised his book by August.
Vulcan begot the brute: vast was his size, And from his throat he belch'd his father's fires.
Peace ensues, But spurious and short-lived; the puny child Of self-congratulating pride, begot On fancied innocence.
The industrious simulation of the emotions begot the emotions simulated.
Humility was no fruit of the system which Calvin begot and which begot John Knox.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "begot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
