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Meaning of forebegotten | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Begotten beforehand; conceived previously; foreconceived.

Examples

“[…] the doors She dashed to as she entered, crying out On Laius, long since dead, calling to mind His fore-begotten offspring, by whose hands He, she said, died, and left to his own seed Its mother's most unnatural bearing-bed.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

forebemoaned forebitten foreboding forecastable forecasted forecastled

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