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Worn out; wasted; used up. [Archaic] Old foreworn stories almost forgotten. Brydges.

Liable to be, or that may be, forgotten. Carlyle.

wife being of the blood of the donor), and descendible to the heirs of their two bodies begotten. [Obs.] Blackstone.

Unlawfully begotten; born out of wedlock; bastard; as, an illegitimate child.

e removed, washed away, blotted out, or effaced; incapable of being canceled, lost, or forgotten; as, indelible characters; an indelible stain; an indelible impression on the memory.

ing legitimate, or in conformity with law; hence, the condition of having been lawfully begotten, or born in wedlock. The doctrine of Divine Right, which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of Legitimacy. Macaulay.

Lawfully begotten; born in wedlock.

the many simoniacal that swarmed in the land, Herbert, Bishop of Thetford, must not be forgotten; nick-named Losing, that is, the Fratterer. Fuller.

e son. Shak. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire Yet my people have forgotten me. Jer. ii. 32.

science and the art of tones, or musical sounds, i.e., sounds of higher or lower pitch, begotten of uniform and synchronous vibrations, as of a string at various degrees of tension; the science of harmonical tones which treats of the principles of harmony, or the properties, dependences, and relations of tones to each…

Begotten without the sanction of law; born out of wedlock; illegitimate; bastard; as, a natural child.

The act of forgetting, or the state of being forgotten; cessation of remembrance; forgetfulness. Second childishness and mere oblivion. Shak. Among our crimes oblivion may be set. Dryden The origin of our city will be buried in eternal oblivion. W. Irving.

Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.

The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More.

Money; riches; lucre; gain; -- generally conveying the idea of something ill-gotten or worthless. It has no plural. "Mucky pelf." Spenser. "Paltry pelf." Burke. Can their pelf prosper, not got by valor or industry Fuller.

Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent. Mozley & W.

An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.

To remind, as an actor or an orator, of words or topics forgotten.

To reanimate; to restore to life; to bring to view (that which was forgotten or lost). [Slang]

is unlucky to be obliged to retaliate the injuries of authors, whose works are so soon forgotten that we are in danger of appearing the first aggressors. Swift.