[f. as prec. + -ING1.] The action or process of generating or producing; generation; also, the result of the action, progeny.

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c. 1300.  K. Alis., 6866. Er thou weore in thy bygetyng.

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1398.  Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., VI. xiv. (1495), 198. A fader is heed and welle of bygetynge and gendringe.

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1611.  Tourneur, Ath. Trag., IV. ii. 104. Tush! they onely father bastards That father other men’s begettings.

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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.

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