begotten

UK: /bɪˈgɒt^ən/ US: /bɪˈgɑtən/ ,(bi got′n)

From the verb beget: (⇒ conjugate)

begotten is: ⓘ

v past p

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be•got•ten /bɪˈgɑtən/   v. 

1. a pp. of beget.

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be•got•ten  (bi got′n), v. 

1. a pp. of beget. 

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begotten / bɪˈɡɒt^ən/ verb

1. a past participle of beget

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be•get /bɪˈgɛt/   v. [~ + object] , -got, -got•ten or -got, -get•ting. 

1. (esp. of a male) to become the father of (offspring);
   procreate:
   In the Bible, Isaac begat Jacob.
2. to cause;
   produce as an effect:
   Power begets power.

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be•get  (bi get′), v.t., be•got or (Archaic) be•gat;
be•got•ten or be•got;
be•get•ting. 

1. (esp. of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2. to cause;
   produce as an effect:
   a belief that power begets power.

• bef. 1000; Middle English begeten (see be-, get); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan

be•get′ter, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. spawn, sire, breed, father.
• 2. occasion, engender, effect, generate.

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beget / bɪˈɡɛt/ verb ( -gets, -getting, -got, -gat, -gotten, -got)(transitive)

1. to father
2. to cause or create

Etymology: Old English begietan; related to Old Saxon bigetan, Old High German pigezzan, Gothic bigitan to find; see be-, get

beˈgetter noun