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Webster 1913 Edition

Born

Born

(bôrn)
,
p.
p.
&
Adj.
[See
Bear
,
Verb.
T.
]
1.
Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.
No one could be
born
into slavery in Mexico.
Prescott.
2.
Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate;
as, a
born
liar
.
“A born matchmaker.”
W. D. Howells.
Born again
(Theol.)
,
regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life.
“Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.”
John iii. 3.
–
Born days
,
days since one was born; lifetime.
[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Born

BORN

,
pp.
of bear. baurn. Brought forth, as an animal. A very useful distinction is observed by good authors, who, in the sense of produced or brought forth, write this word born; but in the sense of carried, write it borne. This difference of orthography renders obvious the difference of pronunciation.
1.
To be born, is to be produced or brought into life. 'Man is born to trouble.' A man born a prince or a beggar. It is followed by of, before the mother or ancestors.
Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. Job.14.
2.
To be born, or born again, is to be regenerated and renewed; to receive spiritual life. John 3.

Definition 2024

Born

Born

See also: born, börn, børn, and -born

Dutch

Proper noun

Born n

  1. A town in the Netherlands.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Low and Central German form of Brunnen with r-metathesis; compare Middle Low German burne. See the same in Bernstein, bersten.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔʁn/, [bɔʁn], [bɔɐ̯n]

Noun

Born m ‎(genitive Bornes or Borns, plural Borne)

  1. (poetic) well, spring (water source)

Declension

Derived terms

  • Lebensborn (historic Nazi institution)
  • Quickborn

Related terms

born

born

See also: Born, börn, børn, and -born

English

Verb

born

  1. past participle of bear; given birth to.
  2. (obsolete) past participle of bear in other senses.
    • Geddes
      In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.
Translations

Adjective

born ‎(not comparable)

  1. Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
    • 1942, Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major
      I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a born scoundrel.
Derived terms

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Translations
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Etymology 2

Dialectal variant of burn.

Noun

born ‎(plural borns)

  1. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of burn A stream.
References
  • The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, ISBN 0946928118

Verb

born ‎(third-person singular simple present borns, present participle bornin, simple past and past participle bornt)

  1. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of burn With fire.
References
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: William · remain · covered · #717: born · somewhat · figure · goes

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

born n

  1. indefinite plural of barn

Pronunciation

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