[na.tiv.i.ty] n, pl -ties [ME nativite, fr. MF nativite, fr. ML nativitat-, nativitas, fr. LL, birth, fr. L nativus] (14c) 1: the process or circumstances of being born: birth; esp, cap: the birth of Jesus
2: a horoscope at or of the time of one's birth
3: the place of origin