begotten
- a past participle of beget.
beget
- (especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
- to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
Origin of beget
Synonyms for beget
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for begotten
engender, sire, procreate, get, afford, breed, father, effect, reproduce, bring, produce, propagate, multiply, occasion, cause, generateExamples from the Web for begotten
Contemporary Examples of begotten
Tiger Woods and John Edwards have begotten Abe Vigoda and Betty White.
Historical Examples of begotten
Had they not begotten as many beings as the tree had begotten branches?
FruitfulnessEmile Zola
Are they not all the works of his wisdom, born and begotten of him?
SymposiumPlato
There were thistles in everybody's crop, and after all it was a good thing to have begotten a girl.
The Woman Thou Gavest MeHall Caine
Indeed, it is largely of their disputes that the mystery is begotten.
The Historical Nights' EntertainmentRafael Sabatini
There for an hour or so in such agony of mind as is begotten only of suspense.
The Shame of MotleyRaphael Sabatini
begotten
- a past participle of beget
beget
- to father
- to cause or create
Word Origin for beget
Word Origin and History for begotten
late 14c., past participle adjective from beget.
beget
Old English begietan "to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize" (class V strong verb, past tense begeat, past participle begeaton), from be- + get (v.). Sense of "to procreate" is from c.1200. Related to Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan "to get, obtain." Related: Begot; begotten.