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begotten en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• (US) audio
• /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
   • ¶ For God so loued þe world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:16:

Deriveds

ill-begotten · unbegotten · only-begotten · misbegotten · forebegotten · begottenness

begotten en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• (US) audio
• /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/ (UK)

Meanings

1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of beget
   form of beget
   • And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred yeeres: and he begate sonnes and daughters. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 5:4: