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rebirth

noun

  1. new birth subsequent to one's first
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɜːθ/ / /ɹiˈbɝθ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English rebirth From re- + birth.

  1. Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

    A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes, […]

  2. Revival, reinvigoration.

    And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before, […]

  3. Spiritual renewal.

    The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life.

    Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *bʰértisder. Proto-Germanic *burþiz Old Norse burðrbor. Middle English birthe English birth English rebirth From re- + birth.

  1. To cause to be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.

    D’Alessandro fashioned it upon a book he wrote, the lost stories he rebirthed and cherished.

  2. To be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.

    As I rebirthed and did the LRT, I began to love and accept myself as a woman.

    “And how ’bout me?” / “Two life sentences, probably.” / “The one life,” says Johnny, laughing, “isn’t enough? They don’t satisfy one, they want two? Maybe when I rebirth again, I owe them another next life.”

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