α. Middle English gotyn, Middle English–1500s goten, 1500s– gotten.
β. Middle English geten.
单词 | gotten |
释义 | gottenadj.α. Middle English gotyn, Middle English–1500s goten, 1500s– gotten. β. Middle English geten. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [adjective] > begotten akennedeOE bikenneda1250 gottena1382 begottenc1384 engenderedc1425 bredc1440 procreate1449 propagate1543 procreated1552 progenerate1610 seminal1646 begot1691 proliferating1866 parented1904 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Wisd. iv. 3 Forsothe the manyfold goten [a1425 L.V. many fold gendrid; L. Multigena] multitude of vnpitouse men shal not ben profitable. c1410 (c1350) Gamelyn (Harl. 7334) l. 365 (MED) For of my body..geten heir haue i noon. 1598 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Fift Proceeding Harmony King Dauids Harpe lxviii. 7 The vngodlie ones and disobedient persons hee despiseth as the base gotten children of this worlde. 1681 R. Brady True & Exact Hist. Succession Crown of Eng. 26 Richard Duke of York put in his Claim, as Heir to Philippa, Daughter and Heir to Lionel, the third gotten Son of King Edward. 2. That has been obtained, acquired, or won. Frequently with modifying adverb. Now rare except in ill-gotten adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired yfetc893 begottenOE conquestc1330 gottena1400 achieveda1460 obtent?a1475 acquired?1483 obtained1520 acquisite1528 got?1548 adepted1553 won1553 gained1598 acquisited1613 acquisted1613 gleaneda1616 attained1861 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 4913 We haue wiþ vs trussed nouȝt But þing þat we truly bouȝt And so is oure t[r]ewe geten þing. ?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 302 Sathanas..to whom þei maken sacrifice and omage for þis falsly geten lordischip. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 32v Pouertee is better than euyl goten richesse. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxxxi The gain of the nyne gotten battailes. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David x. iii This gotten blisse, shall never part. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 59 Three or foure yeares passed in great quietnesse, to the great strengthening of him in those his new gotten kingdomes. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 265 They should not endanger their gotten Honour. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 596 Haste to the Ships, the gotten Spoils enjoy. 1820 T. Chalmers Congregat. Serm. (1838) II. 54 He is apt to be satisfied with the triumphs of his gotten victory. 1894 W. E. Gladstone tr. Horace Odes 36 On gotten goods to live Contented. 2008 A. S. Leĭzerovich Steam Turbines for Mod. Fossil-fuel Power Plants xiv. 387 Visualization of the gotten results in a table form..is far from optimal. Compounds With adverbs. gotten-up adj. now North American = got-up adj. ΚΠ 1796 E. Johnson's Brit. Gaz. & Sunday Monitor 12 June The new Military Spectacle..is one of the most complete and best gotten up pieces of the kind. 1858 K. K. C. Walker Little Leaven xi. 3 I begin to have suspicions that the whole is a gotten-up affair! 1906 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 21 June 5813 What we object to is the organized excursion, the gotten up excursion where a society or a body of men by train or boat go on some pleasure trip. 1931 O. Nash Hard Lines 47 In a tastily gotten-up flat. 1976 New York 2 Aug. 15/2 Pippin—The most beautifully gotten up musical ever to surround a near-vacuum. 2008 B. Singer Maxime Weygand i. 10 Anyone might detect his uncertain status, find out about this gotten-up moniker. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1382 |
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