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BIRTH, n. berth. [L. partus, the participle of pario, to bear.]

1. The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; as the birth of a son.

2. Lineage; extraction; descent; as, Grecian birth.

It is used of high or low extraction; but is often used by way of distinction for a descent from noble or honorable parents and ancestors; as a man of birth.

3. The condition in which a person is born.

A foe by birth to Troy.

4. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

5. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.

6. In a theological sense, regeneration is called the new birth.

7. Origin; beginning; as the birth of an empire.



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BIRTH, n. berth. [L. partus, the participle of pario, to bear.]

1. The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; as the birth of a son.

2. Lineage; extraction; descent; as, Grecian birth.

It is used of high or low extraction; but is often used by way of distinction for a descent from noble or honorable parents and ancestors; as a man of birth.

3. The condition in which a person is born.

A foe by birth to Troy.

4. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

5. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.

6. In a theological sense, regeneration is called the new birth.

7. Origin; beginning; as the birth of an empire.

BIRTH, n. [berth; Sax. byrd, beorth; D. geboorte; Ger. geburt; Ir. beirthe, from bear; perhaps L. partus, from pario.]

  1. The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
  2. Lineage; extraction; descent; as, Grecian birth. – Denham. It is used of high or low extraction; but is often used by way of distinction for a descent from noble or honorable parents and ancestors; as, a man of birth.
  3. The condition in which a person is born. A foe by birth to Troy. – Dryden.
  4. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. – Milton. Addison.
  5. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
  6. In a theological sense, regeneration is called the new birth.
  7. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.

Birth
  1. The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
  2. See Berth.

    [Obs.] De Foe.
  3. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.

    Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications.
    Prescott.

  4. The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.

    A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name.
    Dryden.

  5. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.

    "At her next birth." Milton.
  6. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

    Poets are far rarer births than kings.
    B. Jonson.

    Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.
    Addison.

  7. Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.

    New birth (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.

    Syn. -- Parentage; extraction; lineage; race; family.

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Birth

BIRTH, noun berth. [Latin partus, the participle of pario, to bear.]

1. The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; as the birth of a son.

2. Lineage; extraction; descent; as, Grecian birth

It is used of high or low extraction; but is often used by way of distinction for a descent from noble or honorable parents and ancestors; as a man of birth

3. The condition in which a person is born.

A foe by birth to Troy.

4. That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.

5. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth

6. In a theological sense, regeneration is called the new birth

7. Origin; beginning; as the birth of an empire.

BIRTH, BERTH, noun A station in which a ship rider. [See Berth.]

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2. Weight or consequence in the scale of being.

Thy own importance know.

Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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He believes himself a man of importance.

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