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Definition of: birth
(bûrth) noun
1. The fact or act of being born; nativity.
2. A beginning; an origin.
3. The bringing forth of offspring; parturition.
4. Ancestry or descent; lineage; also, the class into which one is born.
5. Offspring; issue. See synonyms under AFFINITY, KIN. ◆ Homophone: berth. [<ON byrth]
—to give birth
To produce offspring.
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