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be·got·ten

   [bih-got-n]
verb
a past participle of beget.
Related forms
self-be·got·ten, adjective
well-be·got·ten, adjective

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be·get

   [bih-get]
verb (used with object), be·got or (Archaic) be·gat; be·got·ten or be·got; be·get·ting.
1.
(especially of a male parent) to procreate or generate (offspring).
2.
to cause; produce as an effect: a belief that power begets power.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English begeten (see be-, get); replacing Middle English biyeten, Old English begetan; cognate with Gothic bigitan, Old High German bigezzan

Related forms
be·get·ter, noun

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

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begotten (bɪˈɡɒtən)
 
—vb
a past participle of beget

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beget
O.E. begietan "to get by effort, find, acquire, attain, seize" (class V strong verb, p.t. begeat, pp. begeaton), from be- + get (q.v.). Sense of "to procreate" is from c.1200. Related to O.H.G. pigezzan, Goth. bigitan "to get, obtain."
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pp. of beget.
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