单词 | reborn |
释义 | rebornadj. 1. Of a person, a soul, etc.: born again; reincarnated; transformed. Also: spiritually enlightened; spec. having experienced a new birth in Christ (cf. born-again adj. 1a). Also figurative, esp. designating a member of a newly reconstituted social or political grouping. a. In predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > rebirth or regeneration > [adjective] > reborn renatec1475 newbornc1480 reborn1598 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [adjective] regeneratea1450 regenerated1566 uprising1585 reborn1598 twice-born1849 born-again1928 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes 325/3 Rinato, reborne or sprung vp againe. 1620 H. Greenwood Jaylers Jayl-deliv. 11 O better for these never to have been borne, then not to be reborne. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iv. iv. 52 The New-man is, By th' quickning Spirit of the High'st reborn. 1747 J. J. Hornyold Sacraments Explained i. 20 To all re-born or baptized is said, that which Christ said to the Man sick of the Palsy. a1783 H. Brooke Poet. Wks. (1792) I. 395 Thou in Thy God, then, must be Born Anew; Born a new creature of a Seed Divine, Reborn, O Adam, of Thy Son and Mine. 1842 E. B. Pusey Crisis Eng. Church 12 Our duties are to her [sc. the Church], because through her we were reborn, within her have we been trained. 1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 90 They are reborn as angels..preparatory to reappearing in their last transmigratory existence as Buddha. 1933 Times Educ. Suppl. 25 Feb. 57/4 Russia's children are suffering in the grim struggle; but they are not having to be reborn, to reorient their whole lives. 2002 Independent on Sunday 19 May (LifeEtc. section) 15/1 He was dismembered and destroyed by the spirits in order to be reborn as a shaman. b. attributive. ΚΠ 1841 New Monthly Mag. July 73 And like a new Orpheus, or reborn old Museus, Would by thy music free us. 1864 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 17/2 The reborn arch-saint, usually a boy four or five years old, is questioned as to his previous career. 1924 H. Kuhn tr. K. Marx Class Struggles France i. 38 The financial aristocracy, in its methods of acquisition as well as in its enjoyments, is nothing but the reborn Lumpenproletariat, the rabble on the heights of bourgeois society. 1987 A. Miller Timebends (1988) vii. 456 The reborn leftists and libertarian Trotskyites, who were now giving their all to fight Soviet totalitarianism and its contemptuous treatment of writers. 1990 N.Y. Times Mag. 5 Aug. 48/3 He has drawn East and West Germany as a reborn Frankenstein monster, as a pair of towheaded youngsters peering from gigantic jackboots. 2004 Adbusters May–June 78/1 We are a global network of artists, writers, environmentalists, ecological economists, media-literacy teachers, reborn Lefties, ecofeminists, [etc.]. 2. Of a thing: revived, regenerated, revitalized; refashioned, reformed. a. In predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restoring to flourishing condition > restored to flourishing condition redivived1647 renovated1650 revived1728 resurrected1804 revigorate1814 reborn1824 reborn1827 redivive1829 revitalized1841 resurrectionized1843 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 35 The road is alive again. Noise is re-born. 1845 W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 331/2 Hope comes reborn At Jesu's bidding. 1927 Econ. Hist. Rev. 1 29 This is a study..of the genesis of institutions, habits and innovations, as they are being born and reborn. 1965 New Statesman 10 Dec. 920/2 The police courts, reborn as magistrates' courts in 1952, are still police courts..to the old lags who frequent them most. 2006 Saltscapes (Canada) May–June 18/2 (advt.) Simple photos are reborn as beautiful, colourful pages that give wings to your memories. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restoring to flourishing condition > restored to flourishing condition redivived1647 renovated1650 revived1728 resurrected1804 revigorate1814 reborn1824 reborn1827 redivive1829 revitalized1841 resurrectionized1843 1827 Naval & Mil. Mag. June 462 Being, however numerically strong, and improved by reborn military feelings, as weak as they were on the eve of their defeats and subjection by Buonaparte. 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel iii. 105 Noah at the head of the newly cleansed and as it were reborn world. 1947 S. Spender Poems of Dedication iv. 56 Above the destroyed city reborn city..Tower of wings climbing spear-shaken skies. 1979 National Jrnl. (Nexis) 20 Jan. 105 Along came his Not Ready For Prime Time kid brother and the Ma Kettle of American politics to test his reborn faith in providence. 1996 Guardian 24 June i. 13/2 The reborn ethical socialism which has become the Blair trademark. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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