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imp. & p. p. of Beget.

p. p. of Beget.

Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious. "Valor misbegot." Shak.

Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.

Not begot; not yet generated; also, having never been generated; self-existent; eternal.

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

illegitimate. The law is so indulgent as not to bastardize the child, if born, though not begotten, in lawful wedlock. Blackstone.

To produce as an effect; to cause to exist. Love is begot by fancy. Granville.

Created; composed; begotte. [Obs.] Hearts create of duty and zeal. Shak.

and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son. Milton. The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. xix. 1.

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A wise son maketh a glad father. Prov. x. 1.

Begotten by a fool. Shak.

e 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.

being 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.

e 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 eac…

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

Singly; without more; as, only-begotten.

The supposed influence of a father upon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father. -- Te*leg"o*nous (#), a.