ppl. a. Obtained by good means, honorably gained. (Cf. ILL-GOTTEN.)
1530. Palsgr., 844/1. Well gotten, de bon acquest.
a. 1533. Ld. Berners, Huon, lxviii. 235. Duke Naymes wolde take neuer a peny, for he thought al that rychys was not wel goten.
1656. Cowley, Mistr., Dialogue, ii. I’ll the well-gotten Pleasure Safe in my Memo’ry Treasure.
1855. Tennyson, Maud, I. IV. iii. Your father has wealth well-gotten, and I am nameless and poor.
