(to give birth)

  • 31give birth — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bear [a child, young, etc. ], lie in; whelp, fawn, etc. See reproduction …

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  • 32give birth — v. bear a child …

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  • 33give birth to — bear a child, bring forth offspring; bring forth, originate, create something (as of an idea or vision) …

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  • 34give birth — acennan …

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  • 35give birth to — idi a) to bear (a child) b) to initiate; originate …

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  • 36Birth tourism — is a term for travelling to a country that practices birthright citizenship in order to give birth there, so that the child will be a citizen of the destination country. Contents 1 United States 2 Canada 3 Hong Kong 4 Ireland …

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  • 37birth — [bʉrth] n. [ME birthe, burthe < ON byrth, akin to OE gebyrde, byrde, Goth gabaurths < IE * bhrto, pp. of base * bher , BEAR1] 1. the act of bringing forth offspring 2. the act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; nativity 3.… …

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  • 38birth — [ bɜrθ ] noun *** 1. ) count or uncount the occasion of a baby being born: We are happy to announce the birth of our son Andrew. John wanted to be present at the birth. from/since birth: James has been blind from birth. at birth (=at the time… …

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  • 39give — giv vt, gave gāv; giv·en giv ən; giv·ing 1) to administer as a medicine 2) to cause a person to catch by contagion, infection, or exposure give birth to have a baby <gave birth last Thursday> give birth to to produce as offspring <gave… …

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  • 40Give — (g[i^]v), v. t. [imp. {Gave} (g[=a]v); p. p. {Given} (g[i^]v n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Giving}.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. ge[eth]an, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf.… …

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