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Misbegotten; unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
Examples
- 1661, George Wither, Vox Vulgi: A Poem in Censure of the Parliament of 1661, edited by W. Dunn Macray, Oxford: James Parker & Co., 1880, p. 28, lines 537-538, A Man defective born or misbegot To be therfor a Man deny wee not, Nor thinck wee those defects deprive him can Of attributes essentiall to a Man.
- 1992, Jack Hardy, “Forget-Me-Not” in the album Two of Swords, but who’s to say this love was misbegot with eyes as blue as forget-me-nots
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
simple past of misbeget
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 3
born out of wedlock- E.A.Freeman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bastardly, misbegotten, spurious
Antonyms: none provided
