gotten
a past participle of get.
usage note For gotten
Other words from gotten
- self-gotten, adjective
- well-gotten, adjective
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How to use gotten in a sentence
These passages are so long, and so intricate, and so mighty well gotten up that I haven't had time to go through them all.
The Crime of the French Caf and Other Stories | Nicholas CarterThe company here was a very good one, and the pieces as well gotten up as anywhere in the States.
Impressions of America | Tyrone PowerIt is well gotten up and finely illustrated, and should have a place in the library of every family where there are children.
Publisher's Advertising (1872) | AnonymousThe Sunday afternoon program that I attended was well gotten up and very interesting.
Birdseye Views of Far Lands | James T. NicholsThe nouveaux riches have been spending their ill or well gotten gains right royally.
Border and Bastille | George A. Lawrence
British Dictionary definitions for gotten
/ (ˈɡɒtən) /
a past participle of get
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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