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Is there any one word for the act of being born?

The closest things I could think of are:

  • I was born
  • I come to life
  • She is giving birth to me

I'm interested in knowing if there is one word to describe this; something similar to "I die."

(In Norwegian, we can use the word fødes).

Context:

I am creating a computer program, where I have several "mortal entities." These entities, amongst other methods, have a method named Die(), which defines everything that they do as they die. I would also like to create another method for what they do as they "bore."

Best Answer

Yes, there is such a word. It is arrive.

arrive

(of a baby) be born: he will feel jealous when a new baby arrives.

[Updates]

You can consider using the word materialize (which probably can provoke laughter and provide amusement). "... and I materialized nine months later."

materialize

intr to become fact; actually happen ⇒ our hopes never materialized

to invest or become invested with a physical shape or form

to cause (a spirit, as of a dead person) to appear in material form or (of a spirit) to appear in such form

intr to take shape; become tangible ⇒ after hours of discussion, the project finally began to materialize

(physics) to form (material particles) from energy, as in pair production

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