begat
noun1
Nonstandard An element of a lineage, especially of a lineage given in the Bible
- To put food on the table, Ruth gleaned in the fields and one of the fields belonged to Boaz who noticed her and admired her. They married and Ruth bore a son, Obed. There ensues a begat-ridden genealogy and....2000, Earl F. Lehman, The God Bu$ine$$, page 59:
- There's a bunch of begats in First Chronicles, chapter six, and it's way dull, especially if you consider what a begat involves.2002, P. J. O'Rourke, The CEO of the Sofa, page 146:
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- In many instances even that cannot be done," and John Edgar Wideman prefaces Damballah with "A Begat Chart" and a "Family Tree."2002, Geoffrey H. Hartman with Dr. Geoffrey Hartman, The longest shadow: in the aftermath of the Holocaust, page 108: