past lifen.

Brit.

/ˌpɑːst ˈlʌɪf/,

/ˌpast ˈlʌɪf/, U.S.

/ˈpæs(t) ˈlaɪf/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: past adj., life n.

Etymology: < past adj. + life n.

1. The part of a person's life already lived; (also, in later use) the part of it before a significant change in lifestyle or circumstances.

ΚΠ

1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 157 Most happie knight that vseth temperance So in past life, that he be not defilde With murtherers name.

1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius ii. 14 I am Your onely Child, and still, through all the Course Of my past Life, have bin obedient too.

1784 W. Hayley Lord Russel ii. i. 292 It has been long the aim Of my past life to win my country's love.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 54 He volunteered no information about himself and his past life at Smyrna.

1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances viii Sometimes they inquire..as to the past life in general of the object of their solicitude.

1992 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Nov. a8/4 It was a sharp contrast from her past life ‘hangin' with my friends in the street, selling drugs and partying all the time’.

a. A previous incarnation.

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1821 C. Lloyd Desultory Thoughts London 43 This swift glance at past existence, which, as soon as shown, it Vanishes; but the mind feels, while the trance Does last, (a sense of past life so doth own it) As if the self-same forms it saw again, Which, though it knew not where, it erst had seen.]

c1825 F. Beaufort Let. in J. Barrow Auto-biogr. Mem. (1847) IV. viii. 400 May not this [sc. recall while drowning] be some indication of the almost infinite power of memory with which we may awaken in another world, and thus be compelled to contemplate our past lives?

1874 Amer. Cycl. IX. 537 The Shintos believe in a past life, and they live in fear and reverence of the spirits of the dead.

1935 M. R. Anand Untouchable 228 Birth and rebirth in this universe is governed by good or bad deeds in the past life.

2002 Sci. Amer. Apr. 73/1 The young women are encouraged to believe that they must have committed terrible sins in a past life to deserve their enslavement and abuse.

b. attributive. Originally U.S. Designating or relating to a method of alternative therapy in which a person is regressed, usually through hypnosis, to a supposed previous incarnation; esp. in past-life regression, past-life therapy.

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1978 H. Wambach Reliving Past Lives (1979) iii. 37 If past-life recall is the result of suggestion and occurs only in response to the hypnotist's wishes, why this attitude?

1987 S. MacLaine It's All in Playing ii. 23 Activities such as spiritual channeling,..past life regressions, rebirthing, fire-walking and spiritual mastery programs.

1987 S. MacLaine It's All in Playing vi. 67 They had evolved into being more aware of past life therapy and past life trauma.

1994 Pathways May–June 13/1 Participants discussed the benefits of past-life therapy in the treatment of multiple personality disorder, addiction, AIDS, and incest.

2001 I. Losada Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment 132 Past-life psychotherapists use past-life regression in the same ways that more conventional therapists use childhood memories.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	past life
释义	past lifen. Brit. /ˌpɑːst ˈlʌɪf/, /ˌpast ˈlʌɪf/, U.S. /ˈpæs(t) ˈlaɪf/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: past adj., life n. Etymology: < past adj. + life n. 1. The part of a person's life already lived; (also, in later use) the part of it before a significant change in lifestyle or circumstances. ΚΠ 1592 W. Wyrley Capitall de Buz in True Vse Armorie 157 Most happie knight that vseth temperance So in past life, that he be not defilde With murtherers name. 1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius ii. 14 I am Your onely Child, and still, through all the Course Of my past Life, have bin obedient too. 1784 W. Hayley Lord Russel ii. i. 292 It has been long the aim Of my past life to win my country's love. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. ii. 54 He volunteered no information about himself and his past life at Smyrna. 1928 R. Macaulay Keeping up Appearances viii Sometimes they inquire..as to the past life in general of the object of their solicitude. 1992 Wall St. Jrnl. 25 Nov. a8/4 It was a sharp contrast from her past life ‘hangin' with my friends in the street, selling drugs and partying all the time’. 2. a. A previous incarnation. ΚΠ 1821 C. Lloyd Desultory Thoughts London 43 This swift glance at past existence, which, as soon as shown, it Vanishes; but the mind feels, while the trance Does last, (a sense of past life so doth own it) As if the self-same forms it saw again, Which, though it knew not where, it erst had seen.] c1825 F. Beaufort Let. in J. Barrow Auto-biogr. Mem. (1847) IV. viii. 400 May not this [sc. recall while drowning] be some indication of the almost infinite power of memory with which we may awaken in another world, and thus be compelled to contemplate our past lives? 1874 Amer. Cycl. IX. 537 The Shintos believe in a past life, and they live in fear and reverence of the spirits of the dead. 1935 M. R. Anand Untouchable 228 Birth and rebirth in this universe is governed by good or bad deeds in the past life. 2002 Sci. Amer. Apr. 73/1 The young women are encouraged to believe that they must have committed terrible sins in a past life to deserve their enslavement and abuse. b. attributive. Originally U.S. Designating or relating to a method of alternative therapy in which a person is regressed, usually through hypnosis, to a supposed previous incarnation; esp. in past-life regression, past-life therapy. ΚΠ 1978 H. Wambach Reliving Past Lives (1979) iii. 37 If past-life recall is the result of suggestion and occurs only in response to the hypnotist's wishes, why this attitude? 1987 S. MacLaine It's All in Playing ii. 23 Activities such as spiritual channeling,..past life regressions, rebirthing, fire-walking and spiritual mastery programs. 1987 S. MacLaine It's All in Playing vi. 67 They had evolved into being more aware of past life therapy and past life trauma. 1994 Pathways May–June 13/1 Participants discussed the benefits of past-life therapy in the treatment of multiple personality disorder, addiction, AIDS, and incest. 2001 I. Losada Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment 132 Past-life psychotherapists use past-life regression in the same ways that more conventional therapists use childhood memories. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1592
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