Unbegun

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That had no beginning; always existent. not-comparable

    "Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun."

  2. 2
    Which has not yet been begun; unstarted. not-comparable

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Example

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"Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun."

Etymology

From Middle English unbegunne, unbegunnon, unbigonne, unbigunnen, unbigunnon, unnbigunnenn, from Old English unbegunnen; equivalent to un- + begun.

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