born

Etymology 1

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

verb

1. past participle of bear; given birth to.
   Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents.
2. (obsolete) past participle of bear in other senses.
   In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born. 1784, Thomas Sheridan, Life of Dr. Swift, Section I

adj

1. Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
   I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a born scoundrel. 1942, Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major
   “Your desert boots are fitted slip-fashion at the ankles. Who told you to do that?” "It . . . seemed the right way." "That it most certainly is." And Kynes rubbed his cheek, thinking of the legend: "He shall know your ways as though born to them." 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 118

Etymology 2

Dialectal variant of burn.

noun

1. (Tyneside) Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)

verb

1. (Tyneside) Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)