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born (bôrn)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

bear

adjective

  1. brought into life or being
  2. by birth: used in hyphenated compounds French-born
  3. having certain qualities or abilities innately, as if from birth; natural a born athlete
  4. being as specified from birth nobly born
  5. Informal, Dialectal since birth in all my born days
Born definition

Born (bôrn)

Born, Max 1882-1970; Ger. nuclear physicist, in England (1933-53)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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