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born (root: bear)

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)
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154 in 148 verses (in OT : 109 in 109 verses) (in NT : 45 in 39 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

bornp. p. & a. [See Bear, v. t.].
  •  Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.  [1913 Webster]
    "No one could be born into slavery in Mexico."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar.  W. D. Howells.  [1913 Webster]
Born again (Theol.), regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. “Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.” John iii. 3. -- Born days, days since one was born; lifetime. [Colloq.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

born, adj.
1 existing as a result of birth.
2 a being such or likely to become such by natural ability or quality (a born leader). b (usu. foll. by to + infin.) having a specified destiny or prospect (born lucky; born to be king; born to lead men).
3 (in comb.) of a certain status by birth (French-born; well-born).

Idiom
born-again (attrib.) converted (esp. to fundamentalist Christianity). born and bred by birth and upbringing. in all one's born days colloq. in one's life so far. not born yesterday colloq. not stupid; shrewd.
Etymology
past part. of BEAR(1)

THESAURUS

born

absolute, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, atavistic, bearing, birth, bodily, bring forth, broad-based, calved, cast, clean, clear, coeval, comprehensive, congenital, connatal, connate, connatural, constitutional, consummate, deep-dyed, deep-seated, deliver, downright, dropped, dyed-in-the-wool, egregious, essential, exhaustive, foaled, genetic, given birth, giving birth, hatched, hereditary, in the blood, inborn, inbred, incarnate, indigenous, inherited, innate, instinctive, instinctual, intensive, intrinsic, native, native to, natural, natural to, nee, newborn, omnibus, omnipresent, organic, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pervasive, physical, plain, plumb, primal, pure, radical, regular, sheer, stillborn, straight, sweeping, temperamental, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, total, ubiquitous, unconditional, universal, unmitigated, unqualified, unreserved, unrestricted, utter, veritable, whelped, wholesale

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