Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Begotten by one's own powers; generated without the agency of another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Begotten by one's self, or one's own powers.
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Examples
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To think that spiritual mentors are self-begotten is wrong.
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Of course it is false, false as the father of falsehood — if indeed falsehoods need a sire and are not self-begotten since the world began.
Barchester Towers 2004
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The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone.
The Dhammapada 2003
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Truth to the self-begotten Word, who is also the dispenser of the bounty of the Father.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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Almost every schoolboy knows or used to know something of his story, and any number of stutterers down through the ages have emulated aspects of his self-begotten cure.
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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Almost every schoolboy knows or used to know something of his story, and any number of stutterers down through the ages have emulated aspects of his self-begotten cure.
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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And Jantu also will once more be born as a self-begotten son of thine in that very (mother); and on his back there will appear a mark of gold. "'"
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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He is the self-begotten or unbigoted, from whom proceeds His Wisdom like a hand.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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And this book stands alone, absolutely self-begotten and self-born.
The Three Brontes Sinclair, May 1912
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He had seen in his time many quarrels spring from the flimsiest of motives, but surely never had he seen one quite so self-begotten.
Saint Martin's Summer Rafael Sabatini 1912
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