English English Dictionary
Result for Birth
Birth
(n.)
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
Birth
(n.)
Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
Birth
(n.)
The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
Birth
(n.)
The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.
Birth
(n.)
That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
Birth
(n.)
Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
Birth
(n.)
See Berth.