Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb to give birth to.
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Examples
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For thei knoulechen wel, that the werkes of Jesu Crist ben gode, and his wordes and his dedes and his doctryne by his Gospelles, weren trewe and his meracles also trewe; and the blessed Virgine Marie is good, and holy mayden, before and aftre the birthe of Jesu Crist; and that alle tho, that beleven perfitely in God, schul ben saved.
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Men whiche fro their birthe are balde; bothe the males and the females.
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And in the weye to Jerusalem, half a myle fro Betheleem is a chirche, where the aungel seyde to the scheppardes, of the birthe of Crist.
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Zacharie of the birthe of Seynt Baptyst his sone; and there offred first Melchisedeche bred and wyn to oure Lord, in tokene of the sacrement that was to comene; and there felle David preyeng to oure
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This dothe the sonne for the father, and the father for the sonne, as the Grekes kepe their birthe daies.
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For man scholde not devise no aske grettre beautee, than God hathe ordeyned man to ben at his birthe.
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Thei ioyne not mariages for nobilitie of birthe, or aboundaunce of substaunce, but for beaultie, and rather vpon regarde of frute, then of luste.
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For thei knoulechen wel, that the werkes of Jesu Crist ben gode, and his wordes and his dedes and his doctryne by his Gospelles, weren trewe and his meracles also trewe; and the blessed Virgine Marie is good, and holy mayden, before and aftre the birthe of Jesu Crist; and that alle tho, that beleven perfitely in God, schul ben saved.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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And in the weye to Jerusalem, half a myle fro Betheleem is a chirche, where the aungel seyde to the scheppardes, of the birthe of Crist.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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For man scholde not devise no aske grettre beautee, than God hathe ordeyned man to ben at his birthe.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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