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begotten

[ bih-got-n ]
/ bɪˈgɒt n /
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verb

a past participle of beget.

Words related to begotten

engender, sire, procreate, get, afford, breed, father, effect, reproduce, bring, produce, propagate, multiply, occasion, cause, generate

Words nearby begotten

begombed, begone, begonia, begorra, begot, begotten, begrime, begrudge, begrudgery, beguile, beguiling

OTHER WORDS FROM begotten

self-be·got·ten, adjectivewell-be·got·ten, adjective

Definition for begotten (2 of 2)

beget
[ bih-get ]
/ bɪˈgɛt /

verb (used with object), be·got or (Archaic) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.

(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

before 1000; Middle English begeten (see be-, get); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan

OTHER WORDS FROM beget

be·get·ter, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for begotten (1 of 2)

begotten
/ (bɪˈɡɒtən) /

verb

a past participle of beget

British Dictionary definitions for begotten (2 of 2)

beget
/ (bɪˈɡɛt) /

verb -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten or -got (tr)

to father
to cause or create

Derived forms of beget

begetter, noun

Word Origin for beget

Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see be-, get
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