Definition of "born" []

• A past participle of bear1. (verb)
• Brought into life by birth. (adjective)
• Brought into existence; created: A new nation was born with the revolution. (adjective)
• Having from birth a particular quality or talent: a born artist. (adjective)
• Destined, or seemingly destined, from birth: a person born to lead. (adjective)

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• "In my experience at three places of work, the overwhelming majority of researchers were foreign born Ph. D.s. This situation did not arise because of some hypothetical "anti-U. S.-born" discriminatory practices by the employing organizations."
• "A child with cystic fibrosis may be born, and I think that, overall, this is not as good a thing as a child without CF being born*, but I think that it would not be appropriate for the government to tell two people they cannot reproduce, at least with each other."
• "In the proposition, Franklin was not born in England, the fact expressed by the words _born in England_ is denied of the man"