[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action or process of generating or producing; generation; also, the result of the action, progeny.
c. 1300. K. Alis., 6866. Er thou weore in thy bygetyng.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VI. xiv. (1495), 198. A fader is heed and welle of bygetynge and gendringe.
1611. Tourneur, Ath. Trag., IV. ii. 104. Tush! they onely father bastards That father other mens begettings.
1765. Tucker, Lt. Nat., II. 469. Begotten, not of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Here is a variety of begettings.