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Definition of "begotten" []

  • A past participle of beget. (verb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "begotten" in a sentence
  • "The First-begotten is here brought into the world; let us go meet him with our hosannas, blessed is he that cometh."
  • "First-begotten from the dead, he is become the First-born among many brethren, even of all that are planted together in the likeness of his resurrection."
  • "Now the intercourse with heaven, by angels, with which the patriarchs had been dignified, but which had been long disused, begins to be revived; for, when the First-begotten is to be brought into the world, the angels are ordered to attend his motions."
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