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borne (verb) – A past participle of bear
(adj) – 1. Carried or transported by
2. Transmitted by. Often used in combination.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : Borne is, just like born, the past participle of the verb bear, which can mean (among other things) “to contain” or “to give birth to.” At first, borne and born were variant spellings of the same adjective. Used as in water-borne (or water-born), it means “carried by.” In the phrase “borne enemies” (or “born enemies”), it means “from birth.” To add to the confusion, the spelling borne sees occasional use in the passive voice in the “to give birth to” sense, as in “two sons were borne by his wife.” In combining forms, born is reserved for the adjective related to birth (as in newly-born and Massachusetts-born) and borne retains the sense of “carried” (“airborne passengers”).
