born
verbEtymology
From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).
Definitions
past participle of bear
past participle of bear; given birth to.
- Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents.
- Born in 1937, I spent my early childhood in Spain.
- a Canadian-born singer-songwriter
past participle of bear in other senses.
- In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.
- If I had not persuaded Harriet into liking the man, I could have born any thing.
Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character
Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
- In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.
- a born leader
- I'll make it out, deny it he that can, / His Worship is a True-born Engliſhman, / In all the Latitude that Empty Word / By Modern Acceptation's understood.
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Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)
Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)
A surname from English.
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at born. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at born. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at born
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA