Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to birth
Participle: birthed
Gerund: birthing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | birth |
| you | birth |
| he;she;it | births |
| we | birth |
| you | birth |
| they | birth |
Perfect
| I | have birthed |
| you | have birthed |
| he;she;it | has birthed |
| we | have birthed |
| you | have birthed |
| they | have birthed |
Past
| I | birthed |
| you | birthed |
| he;she;it | birthed |
| we | birthed |
| you | birthed |
| they | birthed |
Pluperfect
| I | had birthed |
| you | had birthed |
| he;she;it | had birthed |
| we | had birthed |
| you | had birthed |
| they | had birthed |
Future
| I | will birth |
| you | will birth |
| he;she;it | will birth |
| we | will birth |
| you | will birth |
| they | will birth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have birthed |
| you | will have birthed |
| he;she;it | will have birthed |
| we | will have birthed |
| you | will have birthed |
| they | will have birthed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | birth |
| you | birth |
| he;she;it | birth |
| we | birth |
| you | birth |
| they | birth |
Perfect
| I | have birthed |
| you | have birthed |
| he;she;it | have birthed |
| we | have birthed |
| you | have birthed |
| they | have birthed |
Imperfect
| I | birthed |
| you | birthed |
| he;she;it | birthed |
| we | birthed |
| you | birthed |
| they | birthed |
Pluperfect
| I | had birthed |
| you | had birthed |
| he;she;it | had birthed |
| we | had birthed |
| you | had birthed |
| they | had birthed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would birth |
| you | would birth |
| he;she;it | would birth |
| we | would birth |
| you | would birth |
| they | would birth |
Perfect
| I | would have birthed |
| you | would have birthed |
| he;she;it | would have birthed |
| we | would have birthed |
| you | would have birthed |
| they | would have birthed |
Imperative
| you | birth |
| we | Let's birth |
| you | birth |
Verbs conjugated like 'birth'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'birth'
berth,
birch,
girth,
airt,
bath,
beath,
bergh,
bird,
birl,
birle,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
- To bear or give birth to.
- die
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English birthen, birðen, from the noun (see above).
Sample Sentences
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I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies! [1939, Sidney Howard, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, John Van Druten, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Gone with the Wind (film):]
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Kelly: Is it true we have a pod containing a baby krogan down in the cargo hold?
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Shepard: Not a baby. He's a full-grown super soldier ready for combat.
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Kelly: Please be careful if you decide to... err... birth him? His personality is completely unknown. [2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:]
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She cites some recent examples from the papers: “I birthed two babies in rapid succession”; Beyoncé “birthed her twins”; while somewhere else in the same paper a woman proudly proclaimed: “I birthed a calf!”. She ends: “My objection to the American usage is that it seems to stress rather crudely the muscular process of bringing forth a baby, whereas the graceful British English term ‘to give birth to’ is much more dignified!” [2023 March 5, Jonathan Bouquet, “May I have a word about… being stuck in a permacrisis”, in The Observer, →ISSN:]
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Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it. [2006, R. Bruce Hull, Infinite Nature, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 156:]