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reborn, pa. pple. and ppl. a.|riːˈbɔːn|
[re- 5 a.]
Born again (physically or spiritually).
1598Florio, Rinato, reborne or sprung vp againe. 1614H. Greenwood Jayle Deliv. 476 O better for these never to have been borne, then not to be reborne. 1652Benlowes Theoph. iv. iv, The New-man is By th' quickning Spirit of the High'st reborn. 1842Pusey Crisis Eng. Ch. 12 Through her we were reborn, within her have we been trained. 1871Alabaster Wheel of Law p. xxxix, According to them, it is not the soul or self which is reborn, but the quality.
b. transf. of things.
1824Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 17 The road is alive again. Noise is re-born. 1864Pusey Lect. Daniel iii. 105 Noah at the head of the newly cleansed and as it were reborn world. |