begotten
verb
a past participle of beget.
self-begotten
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a word derived from
begotten.
Example Sentences
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Is he outside that causal plexus, self-begotten, self-existent?
From God and Mr. Wells A Critical Examination of 'God the Invisible King' by William Archer
He is depicted in the form of a man having a beetle for a head, and this insect became his emblem because it was supposed to be self-begotten and self-produced.
From Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life by Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
A notion, self-begotten in me, of the limitations of my friend is answerable for the barrenness of my intercourse with him.
From Pages from a Journal with Other Papers by Mark Rutherford
He had seen in his time many quarrels spring from the flimsiest of motives, but surely never had he seen one quite so self-begotten.
From Saint Martin's Summer by Rafael Sabatini
The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.
From Dhammapada, a collection of verses; being one of the canonical books of the Buddhists by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller
