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begotten

/bɪˈɡɒt.ən/ UK

Rhymes with -ɒtən

verb

participle, past past participle of beget And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Seth, were eight hundred yeeres: and he begate sonnes and daughters.

adjective

not comparable Brought into being by one's begetter(s). ¶ 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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@misc{begotten_2026,
  title = {begotten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/begotten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}