gotten

[ got-n ]
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verb
  1. a past participle of get.

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usage note For gotten

See get.

Other words from gotten

  • self-gotten, adjective
  • well-gotten, adjective

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How to use gotten in a sentence

  • Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.

    Squinty the Comical Pig | Richard Barnum
  • "Pa" is somewhat proud of his boy, and Charles was of course elaborately gotten up for so great an occasion.

  • There is an old mother hog that has gotten quite wild, and has a litter of young ones with her that are hard to catch.

  • In thy wisdom and thy understanding thou hast made thyself strong: and hast gotten gold an silver into thy treasures.

  • As he saw it there was a plot between Scattergood and McKettrick to get him—and he appeared to have been gotten.

    Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland

British Dictionary definitions for gotten

gotten

/ (ˈɡɒtən) /


verbUS
  1. a past participle of get

  2. have gotten (not usually in the infinitive)

    • to have obtained: he had gotten a car for his 21st birthday

    • to have become: I've gotten sick of your constant bickering

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