rebirth
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ɹiːˈbɜːθ//
- Canada//ɹiˈbɝθ//
- Australia//ɹiːˈbɜːθ//
Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
noun
- 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.
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.
verb
- 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.”
I rebirthed to let go of any belief systems of lack and limitation that might be blocking my success.
“When I rebirth, you will eat of me. But not overmuch, I pray. The black spruce of Three Streams, echoing the sweet tongue of Betula Carla, be yet to forget. And forgive. Overmuch. Over so little. Over and over and over.”
Forms
- plural
- rebirths
- past tense
- rebirthed
- past participle
- rebirthed
- present participle
- rebirthing
- third person singular
- rebirths
rebirth · Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.
reborn · Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually.rebound · The recoil of an object bouncing off another.rebuild · To build again or anew.