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reborn

reborn

41 5.2
Feeling a strong new faith after a deep personal change
  • adjective
  • /riˈbɔrn/
translation icon : renacido
  • The old Adam (and Eve) is to die and people are to be reborn in Christ.

And then he says, like hell is is being reborn.

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Examples

  • So the wife and the husband are, in a sense, 'reborn' as mother and father during the birth process.

    Academic text (2005)
  • This is a chance for you to be reborn and to start again.

  • Being reborn is pretty cool.

  • Consequently, those who believed were reborn and gained immortality themselves.

    Academic text (2004)
  • At graduation, they are reborn as adults and reintroduced into society.

    Academic text (1999)
  • New converts were only considered truly "reborn" when they fulfilled God's work within their new lives.

    Academic text (2016)
  • His passion for police work has been reborn, judging from his rapt, totally absorbed stare.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Even if renamed and reborn, Sarita was still Bella's daughter, and she sang to her every day.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • As a result, captives often spoke freely, regarded themselves as 'reborn', and cooperated extensively.

    Academic text (2010)
  • After a long journey of self-discovery, he felt reborn and ready to embrace a new chapter in his life.

Synonyms

born-again
vsreborn
36 6.8

Someone who has had a spiritual rebirth after becoming a Christian

applies more broadly to spiritual renewal beyond that specific label
regenerate
vsreborn
  • Formal
7.4

A person who lives a better, more responsible life

focuses on personal religious conversion rather than general moral reform
redeemed
vsreborn
  • Formal
7.5

Saved from sin by forgiveness when you believe

emphasizes renewal or conversion rather than being forgiven or saved
revived
vsreborn
3.6

Life, energy, or interest comes back after a time of loss

refers to spiritual renewal or conversion rather than physical recovery
revitalized
vsreborn
  • US
4.4

Full of new life and energy

is about spiritual renewal or conversion rather than general vitality return
reinvigorated
vsreborn
5.1

Having new energy and feeling strong

concerns spiritual conversion rather than merely regaining energy

Antonyms

62 1.0

Still the same as before

How Spiritually Renewed

reborn
41 5.2
unchanged
62 1.0

Surface Forms

reborn positive
reborner comparative
rebornest superlative

Morphology

reborn = born (semi-transparent) = re + born

The meaning 'born again' is fairly accessible from 're-' and 'born', but the specifically spiritual sense is a conventional metaphor rather than a purely literal repetition of birth.

Etymology

Reborn comes from the parts re- 'again' and born 'to be born'. A helpful image is being 'born again' in a spiritual way, so reborn describes someone who has had a deep religious renewal.