unbeget

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ beget.

Verb

unbeget (third-person singular simple present unbegets, present participle unbegetting, simple past unbegot, past participle unbegotten)

1. (archaic) To deprive of existence, i.e. kill.
   • 1675, John Dryden, Aureng-zebe: A Tragedy. […], London: […] T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, […], published 1676, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):

     By any help or courage but his own:
     Wishes, each minute, he could unbeget

Usage notes

• The inflected forms are rare or non-existent.

References

• “unbeget”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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