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birth

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Main Entry:
1birth 
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Pronunciation:
\ˈbərth\
Function:
noun
Usage:
often attributive
Etymology:
Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran
Date:
13th century
1 a: the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent b: the act or process of bringing forth young from the womb2: a state resulting from being born especially at a particular time or place <a Southerner by birth>3 a: lineage, extraction <marriage between equals in birth> b: high or noble birth4 aarchaic : one that is born b: beginning, start <the birth of an idea>


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