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Born
Definitions
- 1 Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited. not-comparable
"In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret."
- 1 being talented through inherited qualities wordnet
- 2 brought into existence wordnet
- 1 A surname from English.
- 1 Alternative spelling of burn (a stream) Geordie, alt-of, alternative
- 1 past participle of bear; given birth to. form-of, participle, past
"Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents."
- 2 Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.) Geordie, alt-of, alternative
- 3 past participle of bear in other senses. form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born."
Etymology
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”).
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”).
Dialectal variant of burn.
Dialectal variant of burn.
A variant of Bourne.
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