begot
Americanverb
verb
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This inverted perception: Where status once begot the signifier, the signifier now begot the status.
From Los Angeles Times
Big investors begot bigger investors, and the list expanded to a roster of Silicon Valley heavyweights including Mr. Hoffman and Ms. Powell Jobs.
From New York Times
His gets begot bigger gets — the most prominent being his 2002 profile of Johnny Carson in Esquire.
From Washington Post
His defiance begot defiance: The Lebanese University said it would stick with winter time.
From Washington Post
A convoluted conclusion, begot by an unconvincing change of heart, obliterates any chance of “Hunt” offering the clarity it needs to be entertaining.
From New York Times
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