respringingn.1
/ˌriːˈsprɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈsprɪŋɪŋ/ The action of springing up again; an instance of this.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > [noun] > coming into existence > again
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a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 233 The seasonable falling of raine furthereth the re-springing of the languishing corne.
1773 R. Jones Io-Triads 37 Resurrection, a respringing up from thence.
1847 Gospel Mag. Aug. 342 The first re-springing of sin and corruption within.
1875 Times 22 Nov. 6/6 Wasted and wounded on the field of battle in the attempt to arrest the respringing of the germs of slavery.
1901 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 420 The budding of hope, the re-springing of new life which had followed those dreadful days in Paris.
2002 L. S. Heatherly Last Human Spring ii. 54 This respringing of the natural, authentic, human condition.
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respringingn.2
/ˌriːˈsprɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈsprɪŋɪŋ/ The action or process of fitting something with a new spring or springs.
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1848 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 1847–8 8 208 In most cases an expense of a few pounds in respringing would render them [sc. chronometers] as efficient as ever.
1937 Times 6 Oct. 3/1 (advt.) Drapers dressmakers and milliners. Loose covers, curtains, upholstery, respringing.
2006 J. Betts Time Restored 439 He noted the ‘peculiar coincidence’ that after Chamberlain's study, the watch should come to him..for respringing.
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respringingadj.
/ˌriːˈsprɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈsprɪŋɪŋ/ rare.
That springs again (in various senses).
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1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 13 Others he [sc. Nimrod] wins by gifts, and others by hard dealing, And breaking furiously the bonds of equitie, Of that respringing world, vsurpes the Royaltie.
1789 tr. A. Verri Adventures Sappho I. x. 179 The unhappy damsel, who, sorrowful amidst the joys of the re-springing day, pressed with her languid step the dewy grass upon the flowery path.
1868 Divine Decree, & Free Will i. 12 We shall find the continual springing and ever re-springing life in this book.
2002 L. S. Heatherly Last Human Spring ii. 86 Let us cultivate our respringing human authenticism in this last human spring. May it someday reach again its summertime.
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