life-givern.

Brit.

/ˈlʌɪfɡɪvə/, U.S.

/ˈlaɪfˌɡɪvər/

Forms: see life n. and giver n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., giver n.

Etymology: < life n. + giver n. Compare earlier life-giving adj.In Christian contexts with reference to the description of the Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed (Hellenistic Greek ζωοποιός, post-classical Latin vivificans, English liturgical text giver of life).

A being (esp. a deity) who or thing that gives life.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [noun] > one who or that which

living breada1425

quickenera1500

vivificatora1555

life-giver1569

vivification1631

informer1662

vivifier1860

vitalizer1882

1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero Scipio Hys Dream in Paradoxa Stoicorum sig. fi ^v The Sunne raigneth as chiefe, the guide the Prince and the gouernoure of the residue of the Lights, the life giuer, the mind and temperature of the worlde.

1598 S. Rowlands Betraying of Christ sig. G^v O..deaths victor, true life-giuer.

1726 W. Crathorne tr. C. Fleury Hist. Catech. I. i. xi. 24 This Spirit of God, which spoke by the Prophets, is the Holy Ghost the Lord and Life-giver.

1752 G. Adams Expos. Some Articles Relig. ii. i. 133 Have Mercy on us, O God, according to thy great Mercy, and send upon us..thy most holy Spirit, the Lord and Life-giver.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xiv. 98 The air—which is the kindest life-giver.

1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost i. 3 The Holy Ghost, the Lord and Life-Giver.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan v. 61 The dragons were life-givers not only as the gods who presided over the seasons and ensured the food-supply, but as those who gave cures for diseases.

2005 New Yorker 28 Mar. 83/1 Water, water everywhere, both life-giver and lung-filling wave.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	life-giver
释义	life-givern. Brit. /ˈlʌɪfɡɪvə/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌɡɪvər/ Forms: see life n. and giver n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., giver n. Etymology: < life n. + giver n. Compare earlier life-giving adj.In Christian contexts with reference to the description of the Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed (Hellenistic Greek ζωοποιός, post-classical Latin vivificans, English liturgical text giver of life). A being (esp. a deity) who or thing that gives life. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [noun] > one who or that which living breada1425 quickenera1500 vivificatora1555 life-giver1569 vivification1631 informer1662 vivifier1860 vitalizer1882 1569 T. Newton tr. Cicero Scipio Hys Dream in Paradoxa Stoicorum sig. fi ^v The Sunne raigneth as chiefe, the guide the Prince and the gouernoure of the residue of the Lights, the life giuer, the mind and temperature of the worlde. 1598 S. Rowlands Betraying of Christ sig. G^v O..deaths victor, true life-giuer. 1726 W. Crathorne tr. C. Fleury Hist. Catech. I. i. xi. 24 This Spirit of God, which spoke by the Prophets, is the Holy Ghost the Lord and Life-giver. 1752 G. Adams Expos. Some Articles Relig. ii. i. 133 Have Mercy on us, O God, according to thy great Mercy, and send upon us..thy most holy Spirit, the Lord and Life-giver. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xiv. 98 The air—which is the kindest life-giver. 1875 H. E. Manning Internal Mission of Holy Ghost i. 3 The Holy Ghost, the Lord and Life-Giver. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan v. 61 The dragons were life-givers not only as the gods who presided over the seasons and ensured the food-supply, but as those who gave cures for diseases. 2005 New Yorker 28 Mar. 83/1 Water, water everywhere, both life-giver and lung-filling wave. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1569
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