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born | birthed |

As verbs the difference between born and birthed

is that born is past participle of lang=en; given birth to while birthed is past tense of birth.

As an adjective born

is well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.

As a noun born

is an alternative spelling of lang=en A stream.

born

English

(wikipedia born)

Etymology 1

From the verb (term).

Verb

(head)
  • ; given birth to.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • 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
    * born in a barn * born leader * born loser * born killer * born-again * firstborn * highborn * low-born * newborn * stillborn * twice-born
    See also
    * borne

    Etymology 2

    Dialectal variant of (burn).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Geordie) A stream.
  • References
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    Verb

  • (Geordie) With fire.
  • References
    *

    Statistics

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    birthed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (birth)

  • birth

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.
  • (countable) An instance of childbirth.
  • Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births .
  • (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.
  • the birth of an empire
  • (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
  • He was of noble birth , but fortune had not favored him.
  • * Prescott
  • elected without reference to birth , but solely for qualifications
  • That which is born.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • Poets are far rarer births than kings.
  • * Addison
  • Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.
  • Antonyms

    * (beginning of life) death

    References

    Adjective

    (-)
  • A familial relationship established by childbirth.
  • Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

    Synonyms

    * biological, blood, consanguineous

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (dated, or, regional) To bear or give birth to (a child).
  • * 1939 ,
  • "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!"
  • (figuratively) To produce, give rise to.
  • * 2006 , R. Bruce Hull, Infinite Nature , University of Chicago Press, ISBN 9780226359441, page 156:
  • Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it.

    Usage notes

    * The term is much more common, especially in literal use.

    Derived terms

    * accident of birth * birth control * birthdate * birthday * birthing * birth mother * birth pangs * birth parent * birth pill * birthplace * birthrate * birthright * birthstone * birth tourism * breech birth * give birth * noble birth * virgin birth 1000 English basic words ----