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单词 birth state
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birth staten.

Brit. /ˈbəːθ steɪt/, U.S. /ˈbərθ ˌsteɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: birth n.1, state n.
Etymology: < birth n.1 + state n.
1. Chiefly in religious contexts: the state or condition of a person or a person's nature at birth.In early use esp. with reference to original sin.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > [noun] > of a person or in life > by birth
birth state1655
1655 T. Blake Covenant Sealed xi. §2. 366 All their wit will not work men from under this guilt, or gain him any thing more in his birth-state, but wrath for his portion.
1789 N. Manners Full Confut. J. Fletcher's Appeal 12 Peccability, you say, is man's birth state.
1861 H. S. Maine Anc. Law iv. 94 The current language concerning the birth-state of men.
2010 J. C. Peterson Changing Human Nature v. 127 An expectation that the unbidden is not actually random or malevolent, but a birth state intended by God.
2. The state or region in which a person was born.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [noun] > birthplace
birthplace1549
birth state1841
1841 Tarboro' (N. Carolina) Press 29 May I feel ashamed..for my birth State, North Carolina, that she should have slept so long on this and many other subjects.
1947 Chester (Pa.) Times 26 Aug. One study takes the birth states listed for persons in ‘American Men of Science’... Colorado leads as the birth state of scientists.
2015 M. T. Salas Venezuela i. 49 Castro's birth state of Táchira bordered Colombia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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