Emily Dickinson Lexicon

born, v. [phrasal v. “to be born”; see also bear, v.] (webplay: again, approach, blossom, days, date, eyes, feet, followed, gain, God, hand, head, keeper, last, life, long, love, man, mind, name, part, place, tell, time, think, wear).

1. Hatched; brooded; incubated to emergence from an egg.
2. Conceived; conceptualized; created; initiated; originated.
3. Recreated; renewed; regenerated; resurrected; [fig.] baptized; hallowed; consecrated; redeemed; (see John 3:3-5).
4. Engendered; bred; procreated; spawned; mothered; descended; sprung from; brought forth; carried until birth; [fig.] generated; brought into existence.
5. Realized; actualized; recognized as being real; acknowledged to exist.
6. Welcomed; received; accepted; feted; celebrated; greeted upon arrival; [fig.] published; released in print; issued to the public.
7. Made to flower; caused to bloom; brought to life.