BIRTH

n. 1 childbirth, delivery, Technical parturition, Old-fashioned confinement Nicole is expecting the birth of her first baby in early April 2 origin, creation, emergence, beginning, start, origination I believe we may be present at the birth of a powerful idea 3 nativity, origin, extraction; parentage, line, lineage, ancestry, descent, family, blood She is Scottish by birth Hortense is of noble birth.