Begotten

adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of beget form-of, participle, past

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

Adjective
  1. 1
    Brought into being by one's begetter(s). not-comparable

    "¶ 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of offspring) generated by procreation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
biological

Example

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"For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son."

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ill-begottenonly-begotten

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