单词 | life-giving |
释义 | life-givingn. The giving or bestowal of life. ΘΚΠ 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. 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). < n.1573adj.1550 |
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