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Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate.

Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

The condition of being born after another in the same family; - - distinguished from primogeniture. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter.

The right of the youngest born. Mozley & W.

or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem. This is the prettiest lowborn lass that ever Ran on the greensward. Shak.

First born, or first of all; original; primary. See Primogenial.

First born, made, or generated; original; primary; elemental; as, primogenial light. Glanvill.

The state of being the firstborn of the same parents; seniority by birth among children of the same family.

The state or privileges of the firstborn. Burke.

Containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne. Promissory note (Law), a written promise to pay to some person named, and at a time specified therein, or on demand, or at sight, a certain sum of money, absolutely and at all events; -- frequently called a note of hand. Kent. Byles. Story…

to excite; as, to promote learning; to promote disorder; to promote a business venture. "Born to promote all truth." Milton.

tation; expectation; probable result; as, the prospect of success. "To brighter prospects born." Cowper. These swell their prospectsd exalt their pride, When offers are disdain'd, and love deny'd. Pope.

A division of Diptera in which the young are born in a stage like the pupa. It includes the sheep tick, horse tick, and other parasites. Called also Homaloptera.

, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth. "He was born in the purple." Gibbon.

Of or pertaining to Pythagoras (a Greek philosopher, born about 582 b. c.), or his philosophy. The central thought of the Pythagorean philosophy is the idea of number, the recognition of the numerical and mathematical relations of things. Encyc. Brit. Pythagorean proposition (Geom.), the theorem that the square describ…

pl. Four children born in the same labor.

pl. Five children born in the same labor.

One who is obstinate in refusal; one standing out stubbornly against general practice or opinion. The last rebellious recusants among the European family of nations. De Quincey.

Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast. Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory. Shak.