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give birth to someone or something

1. Lit. to have a child; [for an animal] to bring forth young. She gave birth to a baby girl. The cat gave birth to a large number of adorable kittens.

2. Fig. to bring forth a new idea, an invention, a nation, etc. The company gave birth to a new technology. The basic idea of participatory democracy gave birth to a new nation.

See also: birth, give

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Then a tiny icicle detached itself from the roof, and dropped into the woman's mouth, who swallowed it with a smile, and said, 'Perhaps I shall give birth to a snow child now The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context "This is one of the most unpleasant things about our vegetable lives," continued the Prince, with a sigh, "that while we are in our full prime we must give way to another, and be covered up in the ground to sprout and grow and give birth to other people. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context			give a once-over give a pain give a piece of mind give a red face give a ring give a rocket give a rough time give a run for money give a shit give a shot give a thick ear give a tinker's cuss give a tinkle give a try give a whirl give a wide berth give an account give an earful give an inch Give an inch and he'll take a mile Give an inch and take a mile give as good as get give as good as one gets give away give best shot give birth to give carte blanche give cause for give chapter and verse give chase give credence to Give credit where credit is due give currency give due give ear to give enough rope Give enough rope and he'll hang himself give evidence of give eye teeth for give eyeteeth for give first refusal give food for thought give forth with give free reign give free rein give free rein to give grief give ground give Hail Columbia give head give hell			Give As You Earn give assent give assurance give attention give attention to give audience give authoritative instructions to give authority give authority to give away give away give away give away at death Give Away of the Day give back give back give back Give Back A Smile give base give being to give best give best give best give best give best give best shot give birth give birth give birth give birth give birth to give by way of information give by will give care give carte blanche give cause for give cause for give cause for alarm give chapter and verse give chase give chase give chase give chase give chase give clearance give close attention give color give color give color give color to give colour give colour give colour give compensation for give compensation for in advance give confidence give consent give consent to give control give counsel give credence to

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