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Gotten vs Begotten - What's the difference?

gotten | begotten |

As verbs the difference between gotten and begotten

is that gotten is past participle of lang=en while begotten is past participle of lang=en.

As an adjective gotten

is obtained, acquired.

gotten

English

Verb

(head)
  • (now mostly, North America, Irish, Northern British)
  • Usage notes
    The American and archaic British usage of the verb conjugates as get-got-gotten or as get-got-got depending on the meaning (see for details), whereas the modern British usage of the verb has largely lost this distinction and conjugates as get-got-got in most cases.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (mostly in combination) obtained, acquired
  • Derived terms

    * ill-gotten English irregular past participles