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well-ˈgotten, ppl. a.
Obtained by good means, honourably gained. (Cf. ill-gotten.)
1530Palsgr. 844/1 Well gotten, de bon acquest. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lxviii. 235 Duke Naymes wolde take neuer a peny, for he thought al that rychys was not wel goten. 1656Cowley Mistr., Dialogue ii, I'll the well-gotten Pleasure Safe in my Memo'ry Treasure. 1855Tennyson Maud i. iv. iii, Your father has wealth well-gotten, and I am nameless and poor. |