born

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)past 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. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past)past 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.”

3. (Geordie, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)

adj

1. (not-comparable)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.”

   ““Your desert boots are fitted slip-fashion at the ankles. Who told you to do that?” "It . . . seemed the right way." "That it most certainly is." And Kynes rubbed his cheek, thinking of the legend: "He shall know your ways as though born to them."”

noun

1. (Geordie, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)

name

1. A surname from English.