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born

/boɹn/ adjective A1
  1. 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.· a born leader
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But when Diana was born there was a schoolmaster boarding there and they gave him the naming of her and he called her Diana.”
Anne of Green Gables, p. 27 · C1
“I wish there had been a schoolmaster like that around when I was born, then.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 27 · C1
Danglars was one of those men born with a pen behind the ear, and an inkstand in place of a heart.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 87 · C1
“Save yourself the trouble,” said the Bull; “I knew that way long before you were born.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 62 · B2

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