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Born means having been given birth or creation by someone. Borne means carried or assumed by someone or something. So a baby is born, and dust is borne (carried) by the wind. This connection stems from the fact that women "bear" (carry) their young before giving birth.

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The word born is a past participle of the verb "to bear" meaning "to give birth" or "to create" e.g. "I was born in Kentucky" or "Invention is often born of necessity." Note that the form used here is passive: you are the one somebody else -your mother- "bore" (carried), so you were born. The active form uses an E , e.g. "She had borne a son the previous year" or "Our efforts had borne some success."

This is because the word borne is the past participle of the verb "to bear" meaning "to carry", e.g, "The king was borne across the stream on a litter." (The king was the object receiving the bearing). Or "The truck driver has borne responsibility for the crash."

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