noun.
See berth.
noun.
The fact of being born; nativity.
noun.
By extension, any act or fact of coming into existence; beginning; origination: as, the birth of Protestantism.
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The act of bearing or bringing forth; parturition: as, “at her next birth,”
noun.
The condition into which a person is born; lineage; extraction; descent: as, Grecian birth; noble birth: sometimes, absolutely, descent from noble or honorable parents and ancestors: as, a man of birth.
noun.
That which is born; that which is produced.
noun.
Nature; kind; sex; natural character.
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In astrology, nativity; fortune.