born

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of bearpast participle of bear; given birth to.

   Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents.

   Born in 1937, I spent my early childhood in Spain.

   a Canadian-born singer-songwriter

2. 2

   Also a form of bear in other sensesobsoletepast participle of bear in other senses.

   In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.

   If I had not persuaded Harriet into liking the man, I could have born any thing.

adjective

1. 1

   Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

   In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.

   a born leader

   I'll make it out, deny it he that can, / His Worship is a True-born Engliſhman, / In all the Latitude that Empty Word / By Modern Acceptation's understood.

   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.

noun

1. 1

   Variant of burnAlternative spelling of burn (a stream)

verb

1. 1

   Variant of burnAlternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)

Forms

plural

borns

past tense

bornt

past participle

bornt

present participle

bornin

third person singular

borns