birth

The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.

An instance of childbirth.

Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.

In Greece a child was given its name on the seventh or tenth day after birth.

A beginning or start; a point of origin.

the birth of an empire

The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.

He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.

without reference to birth, but solely for their qualifications

That which is born.

That poets are far rarer births than kings.

Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.

A familial relationship established by childbirth.

Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.

To bear or give birth to (a child).

I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!

Kelly: Is it true we have a pod containing a baby krogan down in the cargo hold? Shepard: Not a baby. He's a full-grown super soldier ready for combat. Kelly: Please be careful if you decide to... err... birth him? His personality is completely unknown.

To produce, give rise to.

Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it.