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[Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran | [Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran | ||
Date: [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD 13th century] | Date: [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD 13th century] | ||
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 a : the emergence of a new [[individual]] from the [[body]] of its [[parent]] | *1 a : the emergence of a new [[individual]] from the [[body]] of its [[parent]] | ||
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Etymology
[Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran Date: 13th century
Definitions
- 1 a : the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent
- 2 : a state resulting from being born especially at a particular time or place <a Southerner by birth>
- 3 a : lineage, extraction <marriage between equals in birth>
- b : high or noble birth
- 4 a archaic : one that is born
- b : beginning, start <the birth of an idea>
Description
Birth (calving in livestock and some other animals, whelping in carnivorous mammals) is the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring . The offspring is brought forth from the mother. Different forms of birth are oviparity, vivipary or ovovivipary.
The term birth is used metaphorically to refer to a beginning, especially of a natural phenomenon, one that is impressive in its scope or complexity, or one that is viewed favorably.
