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“born”
born, borne
born (BORN) (verb)
To bring into existence: Shelby's daughter was born yesterday at the hospital.
borne (BORN) (verb)
To carry, support, or to hold up: Duane has borne a gift for the family from Africa.
When the king’s first child was born, he decided she would be borne to the church for the christening.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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“born”
(Greek: hydor, "water", plus gen, "born", "forming"; gas)
(Latin: born, birth)
(Latin: belonging to a country; born in a country; native to a geographical area)
(Memoir about Eric Honeywood Partridge, lexicographer; born February 6, 1894 and died June 1, 1979: 85 years)
(Latin: to rise, arising, to be born, source, original; the rising sun, east; to ascend, to spring up, to become visible, to appear)
(Named for Andrea Prader, Swiss pediatrician, born 1919; and Heinrich Willi, Swiss pediatrician, 1900–1971)
(just because we were born that way is no justification for staying in such a condition)