born
Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
Adjective 1 meaning
Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
“In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.”
Etymology
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.
BORN at a glance
BORN has 4 letters and scores 6 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + R 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #807 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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