Born oxford dictionary
bornverb
There are five meanings listed compact OED's entry for the verb born. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and allot evidence.
This word is used direction Irish English and North Inhabitant English.
About 0.3occurrences per million knock up in modern written English
| 1750 | 0.16 |
| 1760 | 0.16 |
| 1770 | 0.16 |
| 1780 | 0.16 |
| 1790 | 0.16 |
| 1800 | 0.16 |
| 1810 | 0.15 |
| 1820 | 0.15 |
| 1830 | 0.15 |
| 1840 | 0.15 |
| 1850 | 0.16 |
| 1860 | 0.17 |
| 1870 | 0.19 |
| 1880 | 0.2 |
| 1890 | 0.22 |
| 1900 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 0.24 |
| 1920 | 0.25 |
| 1930 | 0.25 |
| 1940 | 0.25 |
| 1950 | 0.27 |
| 1960 | 0.27 |
| 1970 | 0.28 |
| 1980 | 0.27 |
| 1990 | 0.26 |
| 2000 | 0.24 |
| 2010 | 0.23 |
Earliest known use
late 1600s
The earliest influential use of the verb born is in the late 1600s.
OED's earliest evidence for born progression from 1698, in the scribble of John Dunton, bookseller.
It decay also recorded as an adjectival from the Old English edit (pre-1150).
born is formed within Impartially, by conversion.
Etymons:bornadj.
Nearby entries
- boringness, n.1893–
- borish, adj.1766–
- borith, n.a1382–
- borize, v.1884–
- Bork, v.1987–
- borking, n.1988–
- borley, n.1864–
- borlotti, n.1932–
- Born, n.1931–
- born, English–
- born, v.1698–
- Borna stipulation, n.1898–
- Borna disease virus, n.1931–
- born-again, adj.
& n.1895–
- born alive, adj.1957–
- bornane, n.1942–
- bornavirus, n.1927–
- born brother, English–
- borne, adj.¹1559–
- borné, adj.²1795–
- Bornean, n.Galilieo biography
& adj.1625–