Meanings
adjectiveforebegotten (comparative more forebegotten, superlative most forebegotten)
comparative more forebegotten · superlative most forebegotten · alternative fore-begotten
- Begotten beforehand; conceived previously; foreconceived.
[…] the doors She dashed to as she entered, crying out On Laius, long since dead, calling to mind His fore-begotten offspring, by whose hands He, she said, died, and left to his own seed Its mother's most unnatural bearing-bed.
2012, Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
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APA
forebegotten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebegotten
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“forebegotten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebegotten. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forebegotten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forebegotten.
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