bornt

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A form of born — Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

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Meanings

bornt1

verb
  1. participlepastGeordie and some other dialectssimple past and past participle of born

    "Oughtta been bornt sooner," the little runt piped up.

    1983 September 15, Woody Guthrie, Bound for Glory: The Hard-Driving, Truth-Telling, Autobiography of America's Great Poet-Folk Singer, Penguin Group, →ISBN, page 32
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    they might as well not have been bornt at all. […] Maybe we all should’ve bornt ourselves in another time, another place.

    2017 October 3, Rivers Solomon, An Unkindness of Ghosts, Akashic Books, →ISBN

bornt2

verb
  1. obsoleteObsolete form of burnt.

    accept this bornt sacrifcie O heauenly Father,

    1559, John Bradford, The complaynt of veritie
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    Next to that went Israell forth the Madianits to kyll / And slue ye males & bornt ther towns and led the rest at wyll.

    1551, Samuel, William (fl. 1551-1569), The abridgemente of goddes statutes in myter

    And how that Warres bryngs wo and waest, and leaues a kyngdom baer. The people spoyld, the howsis bornt, the freends and neighbour slayn:

    1575, Thomas Churchyard, The firste parte of Churchyardes chippes contayning twelue seuerall labours

Origin

Apparently born + -t; compare kilt (“killed”).

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APA

bornt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bornt

MLA

“bornt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bornt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bornt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bornt.

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