单词 | rebegetting |
释义 | rebegettingn. The action of begetting again or for a second time; an instance of this. ΚΠ 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxxiv. 638 Which new state Varro calleth Palingenesian, that is to say, a Regeneration, Rebegetting, or New Birth [Fr. c'est à dire renaissance]. 1641 J. Etherington Def. Iohn Etherington 57 God may worke this change, this new birth, or rebegetting, in the wombe if it pleaseth him, as he did in Iohn the Baptist, or at the time of outward baptisme, if he so please. 1787 A. Serle Christian Remembrancer iv. 6 [Faith] is really a regeneration, a rebegetting, a revival of life from the dead. 1838 A. Clissold Pract. Nature 38 Properly speaking, it [sc. regeneration] does not signify re-birth, but re-generation, re-begetting, or re-production. 1961 C. F. D. Moule Worship New Test. (1962) iii. 56 ‘Rebirth’ or ‘rebegetting’, so far as the New Testament goes, is confined to John 3:3 ff. and 1 Pet. 1:3, 23 [etc.]. 1995 A. G. Zornberg Genesis 313 His rebegetting has been a history of many wonders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1587 |
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