(uncountable) The process of childbearing.
(countable) An instance of childbirth.
(countable) A
beginning or start; a point of origin.
(uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
He was of noble birth, but
fortune had not favored him.
Gift it
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