re-embodimentn.
/riːᵻmˈbɒdɪm(ə)nt/, /riːɛmˈbɒdɪm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriəmˈbɑdəmənt/, /ˌriɛmˈbɑdəmənt/, /ˌriəmˈbɑdimənt/, /ˌriɛmˈbɑdimənt/ A new embodiment of an abstract concept, quality, etc.; (also) the action or an act of re-embodying.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > resurrection or revival > [noun] > at last day > renewal of body at
renovationa1513
resurrection body1664
re-embodiment1834
1834 R. Macnish Philos. of Sleep (U.S. ed.) 49 I believe that dreams are uniformly the resuscitation or re-embodiment of thoughts which have formerly..occupied the mind.
1839 Times 31 Aug. 3/2 A determination is still professed to raise recruits for the re-embodiment of this ‘Convention,’ and especially by Feargus O'Connor.
1864 A. P. Peabody Christianity Relig. of Nature 182 A virtual resurrection of the body may be..the re-embodiment of the soul in an organism allied to and developed from that which has here been its dwelling-place.
1890 Harper's Weekly 5 July 530 They have great reverence for different animals and birds, which are supposed to be the re-embodiment of departed spirits of Navajos.
1901 ‘A. Hope’ Tristram of Blent xiii. 175 That re-embodiment or resurrection of her in the girl who moved and talked and sat like her, who had her ways though not her face.
1976 A. J. Toynbee & D. Ikeda Choose Life III. x. 252 They also agree that when life reappears after death, it presents itself in the form of a reembodiment.
1999 Daily Mail (Electronic ed.) 16 Mar. One is drawn subconsciously to a re-embodiment of one's mother, sister or nanny.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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