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单词 life-giving
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life-givingn.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪfɡɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌɡɪvɪŋ/
Forms: see life n. and giving n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: life n., giving n.
Etymology: < life n. + giving n., after post-classical Latin vivificatio vivification n. Compare earlier life-giver n., life-giving adj. Compare also earlier vivification n.
The giving or bestowal of life.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [noun]
life-giving1573
animation1597
enliving1602
quickenancea1617
vivification1626
information1630
enlivening1674
vitalization1846
vivifying1860
interanimation1925
1573 J. Daus tr. H. Bullinger Hundred Serm. vpon Apocalipse (rev. ed.) xliv. f. 133v This creation and lifegiuyng [1561 viuification; L. uiuificatio], is not communicated to others.
1899 E. G. Jones Ascent through Christ ii. iii. 295 All life-giving is costly.
2001 M. Goodwin Paul vii. 165 The Spirit's life-giving is thus associated with the eschatological reality of resurrection, both past and future.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

life-givingadj.

Brit. /ˈlʌɪfɡɪvɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlaɪfˌɡɪvɪŋ/
Forms: see life n. and giving adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: life n., giving adj.
Etymology: < life n. + giving adj.The phrase life-giving bread (compare quot. 1550) is common in the exegesis of the following passage:1611 Bible (King James) John vi. 32, 35 Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven..I am the bread of life [L. panis vitae, Gk. ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς].
That gives life; animating, vivifying.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > giving of life > [adjective]
life-giving1550
vivific1551
vivificative1575
vivificant1576
vital1590
informing1631
vivifical1632
vivifying1635
informative1642
animantative1655
enlivening1664
vivificatinga1688
animative1706
vitalizing1813
blood-giving1840
1550 R. Sherry tr. J. Brenz Verye Fruitful Expos. Syxte Chapter St. John v. sig. Iiiiiv He [sc. Christ] taughte hym [sc. himself] to be onelye but a minister of thys lyfegyuyng bread [L. panis vivifice], as Moses was of Manna, and not the bread it selfe.
1596 E. Spenser Hymne in Honour of Love 65 Heavens life-giving fyre.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 199 The vertue..Of that life-giving Plant. View more context for this quotation
1715 C. Cibber Venus & Adonis i. 9 Hail! bright Aurora! Blushing Maid, Life-giving Goddess, Hail!
a1761 W. Law Comfort Weary Pilgrim (1809) 31 The life-giving power of his holy presence in our souls.
1855 C. Kingsley Glaucus 154 The life-giving oxygen of the air.
1953 Life 8 June 74/1 A temporal creature dwelling fishlike at the bottom of a sea, doomed and helpless without the life-giving medium into which he has been cast.
2005 D. Cruickshank Around World in 80 Treasures 194 Temples were simply huge walled enclosures, full of god's light and open to the sky, to the life-giving rays of the Aten.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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