单词 | first-begotten |
释义 | first-begottenadj.n. A. adj. Designating a child who is the first to be procreated; firstborn. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > first-born eldestc1000 first-begottenc1350 first-gottena1382 firstbornc1384 first-gendereda1398 first-kinneda1400 oldest1478 ayne1483 first-conceived1574 eigne1586 eldest-born1608 primogenit1619 first-begot1671 primogenitala1706 old1706 primogenitary1827 primogenitive1842 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) lxxxviii. 27 Y shal sett hym frest biȝeten [L. primogenitum] heȝe to-fore þe kynges of erþe. ?a1425 (a1400) Brut (Corpus Cambr.) 296 Edward, his ferst bygeten sone. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Luke ii. 7 She brought forth hir first begotten [Gk. πρωτότοκον] sonne, & wrapped him in swadlinge clothes, and layed him in a maunger. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 34 Gif ane man deceis, haueand ane after-borne sonne, and ane Nephoy of his first-begotten sonne [etc.]. a1667 H. Hare tr. G. F. Loredano Ascents of Soul (1681) 43 Pride, that is the Queen of Vice, and first begotten Child of Sin. 1764 T. Brecknock Droit le Roy i. 22 Great grand-son of James 4. king of Scots, and Margaret, the first begotten daughter of Henry 7. 1822 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 53 103 I make their whole property descendable only to the first-begotten son. 1873 E. Caswall Hymns & Poems (ed. 2) 326 Hail, thou first-begotten Daughter Of th' Almighty Father's love. 1904 Monist 14 325 Paul had conceived of this Christ-spirit not precisely as a god, but as God's own and first begotten son, and image. 1959 J. S. La Fontaine Gisu of Uganda 57 The office should pass to a brother or son of the holder, but the guardian must be a man whose first-begotten child was a son. 1999 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 30 Oct. (Good Weekend)15 The Queen..gave us her first begotten son, Charles, to be educated at Geelong Grammar's Timbertop school in Victoria in 1966. B. n. Usually with the or possessive adjective. The first-begotten child, the firstborn. Also with plural agreement: those who are first-begotten. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] bairn830 childOE foodc1225 whelp?c1225 birtha1325 first-begottenc1384 conceptiona1398 impc1412 heir1413 foddera1425 fryc1480 collop?1518 increase1552 spawn1589 under-bougha1661 prognate1663 chickadee1860 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > first-born child firstbornc1350 first-begottenc1384 first birtha1387 forbirtha1400 forthbirtha1400 primitivec1400 primogenitc1429 first-begot1551 primogeniture1596 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Zech. xii. 10 In deth of the first bygoten [L primogeniti]. 1599 tr. Historia de Donne Famose sig. B2v She walked foorth, & falling down in the very publique walke amongst the whole rous..she brought foorth her first begotten. 1611 Bible (King James) Rev. i. 5 The first begotten of the dead. 1681 J. Dryden Spanish Fryar v. ii. 80 He's the First-begotten of Beelzebub, with a Face as terrible as Demogorgon. 1711 in W. Drummond Hist. Lives & Reigns Five James's p. xxxviii John Stewart is..designated the First begotten and Heir apparent of Robert. 1791 N. Tucker tr. E. Swedenborg Apocalypse Revealed I. 22 Cain, who was the First-begotten of Adam and Eve, was condemned. 1883 Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 461 The pre-Reformation colleges..were also expected to serve as bulwarks to the Church against the rising heretics of the times. In this they were disappointed; the first-begotten of them became the cradle of the Reformation. 1907 J. Davidson Triumph of Mammon iii. ii. 75 God pardon you as thankfully as I, My first-begotten and my best-belov'd. 1933 J. Wheelwright Rock & Shell 15 First-begotten of the First-begotten. 2002 M. Sabin Reopening Word 130 Mark's language would have presented Jesus as both Adam and Isaac, the first-begotten and the beloved son, whose destiny is fraught with ambiguity. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > primogeniture primogeniturea1500 first-begottenship1583 eldership1595 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie cxcv. 1212 Hee was not of the common sort, but had as it were a first-begottenship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1350 |
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