begotten

[ bih-got-n ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of beget.

Other words from begotten

  • self-be·got·ten, adjective
  • well-be·got·ten, adjective

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How to use begotten in a sentence

  • Nevertheless, it is repugnant as well as absurd to claim that anything could be begotten or born without having had a beginning.

  • In fact, the soul attaches herself to the thing begotten by the soul, because she was capable of feeling.

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • If this be not the case, Intelligence must have begotten all the differences, or rather, be their universality.

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • To discover the nature of the earth, let us take essentially terrestrial objects, which are begotten or fashioned by it.

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)

British Dictionary definitions for begotten

begotten

/ (bɪˈɡɒtən) /


verb
  1. a past participle of beget

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