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▪ I. beˈgetting, vbl. n.
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action or process of generating or producing; generation; also, the result of the action, progeny.
c1300K. Alis. 6866 Er thou weore in thy bygetyng. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vi. xiv. (1495) 198 A fader is heed and welle of bygetynge and gendringe. 1611Tourneur Ath. Trag. iv. ii. 104 Tush! they onely father bastards That father other men's begettings. 1765Tucker Lt. Nat. II. 469 Begotten, not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Here is a variety of begettings.
▪ II. beˈgetting, ppl. a.
[f. beget v. + -ing2.]
Producing, creative; chiefly in comb., as spring-begetting, life-begetting, etc.
1597Drayton Mortimer. 42 Like Promethian life-begetting flame. 1848Kingsley Saint's Trag. ii. x. 126 Marriage is the life-long miracle, The self-begetting wonder. |