Begotten
[bɪ'ɡɒtn] or [mɪs'gɑtn]
Definition
(adj.) (of offspring) generated by procreation; 'naturally begotten child' .
Checker: Rowena--From WordNet
Definition
(-) of Beget
(-) p. p. of Beget.
Editor: Lyle
Definition
pa.p. of Beget.
Editor: Sallust
Examples
- Who, I ask in amaze, Hath begotten me these? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My brother was begotten in his image. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- It has been an age of long sorrow of such natures, in such a hell-begotten sort of world as ours. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Forget your foolish gratitude-begotten infatuation, which your innocence has mistaken for love. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
Editor: Sallust