begotten

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/
Rhymes: -ɒtən

Verb

begotten

past participle of beget

Adjective

begotten (not comparable)

Brought into being by forebear(s).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, John 3:16:
  ¶ For God so loued þe world, that he gaue his only begotten Sonne: that whosoeuer beleeueth in him, should not perish, but haue euerlasting life.

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