an act or instance of being born

the day of his birth.

the act or process of bearing or bringing forth offspring; childbirth; parturition

a difficult birth.

lineage; extraction; descent

of Grecian birth.

high or noble lineage

to be foolishly vain about one's birth.

natural heritage

a musician by birth.

any coming into existence; origin; beginning

the birth of Protestantism; the birth of an idea.

Archaic . something that is born.

to give birth to.

to assist in giving birth; act as midwife for. ?

give birth to

to bear (a child).

to initiate; originate

Her hobby gave birth to a successful business.

noun

death , conclusion , end , ending , finish

noun

bearing , beginning , birthing , blessed event * , childbearing , childbirth , creation , act of god , delivery , labor , nascency , natality , nativity , parturition , producing , travail , visit from stork , commencement , dawn , dawning , emergence , fountainhead , genesis , onset , opening , origin , outset , rise , source , start , ancestry , background , blood , breeding , derivation , descent , extraction , forebears , genealogy , heritance , legacy , line , lineage , parentage , pedigree , position , race , rank , station , status , stock , strain , accouchement , lying-in , bloodline , family , seed , blue blood , noblesse , inception , nascence , spring , bear , burden , confinement , debut , embarcation , geniture , gentility , inauguration , inchoation , insipience , naissance , natal , procreation

verb

bring forth , deliver , have