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Main Entry:: ¹birth
Pronunciation:: \ˈbərth\
Function:: noun
Usage:: often attributive
Etymology:: Middle English, from Old Norse byrth; akin to Old English beran
Date:: 13th century

1 a: the emergence of a new individual from the body of its parent b: the act or process of bringing forth young from the womb2: 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 birth4 aarchaic : one that is born b: beginning, start <the birth of an idea>

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