begotten

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/
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Rhymes: -ɒtən

Verb

begotten

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

Adjective

begotten (not comparable)

Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:16:
  ¶ 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.

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