the act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.-lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.-the condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.-the act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth.-that which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.-origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.-see berth.