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twin-born, a.
Born a twin or twins; born at the same birth, as two, or one of two. Usually fig.
1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. i. 251 Let vs our Liues, our Soules,..our Sinnes, lay on the King:..O hard Condition, Twin-borne with Greatnesse. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God 122 Him that misliked the fellowship of his owne twin-borne brother. c1647Milton Sonnet xii. 6 As when those Hinds..Raild at Latona's twin-born progenie. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iii. xxx. 134 Ingratitude..is twin-born with pride. 1781Cowper Expost. 634 Wisdom and Goodness are twin-born. 1855Bailey Mystic, etc. (ed. 2) 103 Twin-born passions. |