begotten
adjUK /bɪˈɡɒt.ən/
1
Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
- ¶ 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.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 3:16:
- Derived terms
- begottenness, forebegotten, ill-begotten, misbegotten, only-begotten, unbegotten