rebeget

R1E1B3E1G2E1T1

verb

To beget again.

First used 17th c.Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbrebeget (third-person singular simple present rebegets, present participle rebegetting, simple past rebegot, past participle rebegotten)

present singular third person rebegets · participle present rebegetting · past rebegot · participle past rebegotten

  1. To beget again.First known use 17th c.

    He ruin'd mee, and I am re-begot / Of absence, darknesse, death; things which are not.

    a. 1631, John Donne, “A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day”, in Poems, published 1633

Origin

From re- + beget.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

begreet
Cite this entry
APA

rebeget. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebeget

MLA

“rebeget.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebeget. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebeget,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebeget.

Source: rebeget on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.