† kenev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To beget, conceive, bear. intransitive. To be born.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > be born [verb (intransitive)]
arisec950
to come forthOE
to come into (also to) the worldOE
riseOE
breedc1200
kenec1275
birtha1325
to wax forth1362
deliver?c1450
kindlec1450
seed?a1475
issuec1515
arrive1615
born1698
to see the light1752
the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > multiply or reproduce [verb (transitive)]
kenc825
begeteOE
strenec893
raisec1175
breeda1250
kenec1275
felefolda1300
engendera1325
tiddera1325
multiplyc1350
genderc1384
producea1513
procreatea1525
propagate1535
generate1552
product1577
kind1596
traduce1599
pullulate1602
traduct1604
progenerate1611
store1611
spawna1616
spawna1617
reproduce1650
propage1695
to make a baby1911
c1275 Old Eng. Misc. 100 Þer schal a child in þe kenyen, and springe.
c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 319/708 Formest þare keniez þar-of smale bollene þreo... Þis beoth þe þreo hexte limes þat formest i-kenede beoz.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1545 He þoȝte he wolde wite & ise hou vair þe chamber were War inne he was ikenede [MS. B. kenede] ar is moder him bere.
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 5724 Gode sone, þat in marye y-kened was.
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