Begotten

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Beget \Be*get"\, v. t. [imp. {Begot}, (Archaic) {Begat}; p. p.
     {Begot}, {Begotten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Begetting}.] [OE.
     bigiten, bigeten, to get, beget, AS. begitan to get; pref.
     be- + gitan. See {Get}, v. t. ]
     1. To procreate, as a father or sire; to generate; --
        commonly said of the father.


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              Yet they a beauteous offspring shall beget.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To get (with child.) [Obs.] --Shak.
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     3. To produce as an effect; to cause to exist.
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              Love is begot by fancy.               --Granville.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Begotten \Be*got"ten\,
     p. p. of {Beget}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  beget
       v : make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
           children but don't recognize them" [syn: {get}, {engender},
            {father}, {mother}, {sire}, {generate}, {bring forth}]
       [also: {begotten}, {begot}, {begetting}, {begat}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  begotten
       adj : (of offspring) generated by procreation; "naturally begotten
             child"

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  begotten
       See {beget}