begotten
Definition of begotten
(Entry 1 of 2)
past participle of beget
There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.— George Eliot This small, austerely decorated restaurant on the unfashionable end of Melrose Avenue has begotten a second establishment …— Jean T. Barrett
begotten
adjectiveDefinition of begotten (Entry 2 of 2)
: brought into existence by or as if by a parent
"He didn't send his only begotten son through a whirlwind …"— Jesse Jackson … she was also a self-absorbed alcoholic with a penchant for promiscuous infidelity and scant interest in such minor matters as her only begotten child.— Deborah Orr
— see also misbegotten, ill-begotten
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The first known use of begotten was in the 14th century
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