adj. 1. conveyed by or through air, as dust or pollen; as, a clean room is needed to avoid airborne contaminants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. in flight; flying; -- said of an airplane. [ PJC ]

3. (Mil.) carried directly to the site of battle by aircraft; -- said of combat troops, as, an airborne division. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Born out of wedlock. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Born of low parentage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Vile; mean. “Thy baseborn heart.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. [ See Bear, v. t. ] 1. Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

No one could be born into slavery in Mexico. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar. “A born matchmaker.” W. D. Howells. [ 1913 Webster ]

Born again (Theol.), regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. “Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.” John iii. 3. --
Born days, days since one was born; lifetime. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Bear. Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Borneo + -ol. ] (Chem.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Von Born, a mineralogist. ] (Min.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stillborn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human; having the characteristics of earthly life; as, earth-born beings. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Some earthborn giant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

All earthborn cares are wrong. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. First brought forth; first in the order of birth; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted; as, the firstborn child.
Syn. -- eldest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first child born to a parent; as, his firstborn was showered with gifts from relatives.
Syn. -- eldest. [ PJC ]

a. Begotten by a fool. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Forbear. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. born in another area or country than that lived in; -- of persons.
Syn. -- nonnative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Born free; not born in vassalage; inheriting freedom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born of a hag or witch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born under a hedge; of low birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born in or of hell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of noble or aristocratic birth. Contrasted with lowborn and common. Shak.
Syn. -- aristocratic, blue-blooded, coroneted, gentle, patrician, titled, wellborn, upper-class. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. See Hobnob. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Native; indigenous; not foreign. Donne. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the home or family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fireside enjoyments, homeborn happiness. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born in or with; implanted by nature; innate; congenital; as, inborn passions. Cowper.

Syn. -- Innate; inherent; congenital; natural.

a. Born in a low condition or rank; -- opposed to highborn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born to misfortune. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Recently born. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A baby recently born, usually less than one month old; a neonate. [ PJC ]

a. Foreign; not native. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Born again. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Born of the sea; produced by the sea. “Neptune and his sea-born niece.” Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Born at sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born or produced by one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Borne on shards or scaly wing cases. “The shard-borne beetle.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sorrowful; mournful. [ R. ] “Sigh-born thoughts.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born in slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stubborn. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Dead at the birth; as, a stillborn child. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Abortive; as, a stillborn poem. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. stoburn, stiborn; probably fr. AS. styb a stub. See Stub. ] Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn oak; as stubborn as a mule. “Bow, stubborn knees.” Shak. “Stubborn attention and more than common application.” Locke. “Stubborn Stoics.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

And I was young and full of ragerie [ wantonness ]
Stubborn and strong, and jolly as a pie. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

These heretics be so stiff and stubborn. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your stubborn usage of the pope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Obstinate; inflexible; obdurate; headstrong; stiff; hardy; firm; refractory; intractable; rugged; contumacious; heady. -- Stubborn, Obstinate. Obstinate is used of either active or passive persistence in one's views or conduct, in spite of the wishes of others. Stubborn describes an extreme degree of passive obstinacy. -- Stub"born*ly, adv. -- Stub"born*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suborned p. pr. & vb. n. Suborning. ] [ F. suborner, L. subornare; sub under, secretly + ornare to furnish, provide, equip, adorn. See Ornament. ] 1. (Law) To procure or cause to take a false oath amounting to perjury, such oath being actually taken. Sir W. O. Russell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To procure privately, or by collusion; to procure by indirect means; to incite secretly; to instigate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art suborned against his honor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who by despair suborn their death. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. subornation. ] 1. (Law) The act of suborning; the crime of procuring a person to take such a false oath as constitutes perjury. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The sin or offense of procuring one to do a criminal or bad action, as by bribes or persuasion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foul subornation is predominant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sort of chicanery attending the subornation of managers in the Leibnitz controversy. De Quinsey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who suborns or procures another to take, a false oath; one who procures another to do a bad action. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of genuine birth; having a right by birth to any title; as, a true-born Englishman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born at the same birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. etc. [ Icel. ōðal allodium, an hereditary estate; akin to Sw. odal allodial, Dan. odel. ] Vars. of Odal, etc.; property held by udal, or allodial, right -- Obs. exc. in Shetland and the Orkney Islands, where udal designates a freehold, land held in fee simple without any charter and free of any feudal character. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not born; not yet brought into life; being still to appear; future. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some unborn sorrow, ripe in fortune's womb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

See future sons, and daughters yet unborn. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Born of a noble or respect able family; not of mean birth. [ 1913 Webster ]