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begotten

Saybi-GOT-uhnUS/bɪˈɡɑt.ən/UK/bɪˈɡɒt.ən/

2 meanings of begotten

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  1. 1
    verbliterary
    Past participle of beget. Use it after words like had or was.

    He had begotten four children by the time he was thirty.

    Years of unfair rules had begotten deep anger in the town.

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  2. 2
    adjective
    Given life by a parent or by both parents.

    The priest read the verse about God's only begotten Son.

    The old king left his land to his begotten son, not to the boy he had adopted.

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begotten is a form of beget

beget, verb: To be the parent who brings a child into being, especially the father. Full entry

Forms
begetbegets he/she/itbegetting -ing formbegot past tensebegotten past participle
Spelling
beget → begotten: irregular (no -ed)

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