begatn.

Brit.

/bᵻˈɡat/, U.S.

/bəˈɡæt/,

/biˈɡæt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English begat , beget v.

Etymology: < begat, past tense of beget v., with allusion to various (extensive) lists of genealogical descent in the Bible, where the King James Bible has (past tense verb) begat (compare discussion at beget v.).Compare the following earlier use of begat as a noun in the sense ‘something made or produced’ (with reference to the construction of a geometrical figure), recorded only in this text, and apparently < begat as (nonstandard) past participle form of beget v. in Mandey's text:?a1702 V. Mandey Mellificium Mensionis (1717) App. 445 Hence also are had other begats, to wit, from E D R M; because we have the begat from E R M, by Prop. II.

colloquial.

In plural (chiefly with the). An (extensive) genealogy as recorded in the Bible; (also) such genealogies collectively. Now also figurative and in extended use. Cf. beget v. 2a.

ΚΠ

1869 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 146/1 He loved to get by heart the ‘begats,’ as he called them, of the bible.

1917 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 329/2 I remember when I made an abortive childish effort to lisp in numbers, they gave me the ‘begats’ in the first chapter of St. Matthew to learn by way of antidote.

1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 325 The begats in Chronicles may be authentic history.

1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 June 7/1 The purpose of classification of organisms is to reconstruct their ancestry and relationships—to write the ‘begats’ of all life.

2004 M. Robinson Gilead (2006) 9 Your mother told you I'm writing your begats, and you seemed very pleased... I, John Ames, was born in the Year of Our Lord 1880 in the state of Kansas, the son of John Ames and Martha Turner Ames, grandson of John Ames and Margaret Todd Ames.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	begat
释义	begatn. Brit. /bᵻˈɡat/, U.S. /bəˈɡæt/, /biˈɡæt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English begat , beget v. Etymology: < begat, past tense of beget v., with allusion to various (extensive) lists of genealogical descent in the Bible, where the King James Bible has (past tense verb) begat (compare discussion at beget v.).Compare the following earlier use of begat as a noun in the sense ‘something made or produced’ (with reference to the construction of a geometrical figure), recorded only in this text, and apparently < begat as (nonstandard) past participle form of beget v. in Mandey's text:?a1702 V. Mandey Mellificium Mensionis (1717) App. 445 Hence also are had other begats, to wit, from E D R M; because we have the begat from E R M, by Prop. II. colloquial. In plural (chiefly with the). An (extensive) genealogy as recorded in the Bible; (also) such genealogies collectively. Now also figurative and in extended use. Cf. beget v. 2a. ΚΠ 1869 Macmillan's Mag. Dec. 146/1 He loved to get by heart the ‘begats,’ as he called them, of the bible. 1917 Munsey's Mag. Mar. 329/2 I remember when I made an abortive childish effort to lisp in numbers, they gave me the ‘begats’ in the first chapter of St. Matthew to learn by way of antidote. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 325 The begats in Chronicles may be authentic history. 1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 June 7/1 The purpose of classification of organisms is to reconstruct their ancestry and relationships—to write the ‘begats’ of all life. 2004 M. Robinson Gilead (2006) 9 Your mother told you I'm writing your begats, and you seemed very pleased... I, John Ames, was born in the Year of Our Lord 1880 in the state of Kansas, the son of John Ames and Martha Turner Ames, grandson of John Ames and Margaret Todd Ames. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1869
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