Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not gained. Not begotten.
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- adjective Not
got orgotten ; notacquired .
Etymologies
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un- + gotten
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Examples
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Then wot I, said the hermit, for he that shall sit there is unborn and ungotten, and this same year he shall be gotten that shall sit there in that Siege Perilous, and he shall win the Sangreal.
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"Get it then and be swift," said Eve, "or leave it ungotten; I care little."
Red Eve Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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To carry the map of an ungotten estate in your pocket is a poor sort of copyhold.
Daniel Deronda George Eliot 1849
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Then wot I, said the hermit, for he that shall sit there is unborn and ungotten, and this same year he shall be gotten that shall sit there in that Siege Perilous, and he shall win the Sangreal.
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