unbegotten

[ uhn-bi-got-n ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

not yet begotten; begotten; as yet unborn:
decisions that will affect our unbegotten children.
without a beginning; eternal.

First recorded in 1525–35; un- ¹ + begotten

But if this be true, must not the soul be the self-moving, and therefore of necessity unbegotten and immortal?

Regarded as the unbegotten begetter of the first beginning, he succeeded in achieving the incomprehensible.

A great tenderness toward her, to himself unknown, and of his own will unbegotten, remained in his spirit.

Absolute reason, springing unbegotten from the nameless One!

How wrong to yourself, how infinitely more wrong to your still unborn and unbegotten children!

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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