单词 | unregenerate |
释义 | unregenerateadj.n. A. adj. Not regenerate or reformed, spiritually or (now usually) morally or intellectually. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > unreformed condition > person or persons unregenerate1561 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [adjective] > absence of carnal?1510 unrenewed?1533 unregenerate1561 unregenerated1572 irregenerate1657 1561 H. Becher tr. Vocation & Callyng all Nations ii. sig. D(v)v Election doubtelesse fayled not them that were vnregenerate in theyr parentes. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 12 What properties haue vnregenerate men, which are not more beseeming..beasts than men? 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 225 No man hath any sign given him..by which to judge of the unregenerate Elect. a1740 D. Waterland Inquiry Communion in Wks. (1823) IX. 483 Infants..could not be saved, could not have life, in or by their natural, unregenerate state. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Effusion xxxv in Poems Var. Subj. 99 These shapings of the unregenerate mind. 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. ii. 83 The human virtues..of unregenerate men. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvii. 110 I was unregenerate then [in matters of art]. 1891 Overland Monthly Nov. 530/1 One obstinate female villain contrived to make her way to the window, and to throw herself out, killing herself in the most unregenerate manner. 1952 J. Lait & L. Mortimer U.S.A. Confidential i. viii. 60 The unregenerate Southern whites, still flying the Stars and Bars, helped drive them northward. 2010 Daily Tel. 17 Nov. 28/7 A currency whose strength would be undiluted by unregenerate profligates and spendthrifts in Ireland and in Club Med. B. n. An unregenerate person. Also: (with the and plural agreement) unregenerate people as a class. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [noun] > absence of > person unregenerate1578 1578 W. Hilton in tr. Urbanus Regius Serm. Christ on Way to Emaus Ep. Ded. sig. A.iij The deuill..seeketh to lead the vnregenerate to hell. 1609 Bp. J. Hall Paraphr. Song of Songs ii. 14 in Salomons Diuine Arts All the assemblies of aliens and vnregenerates. 1655 Bp. J. Taylor Vnum Necessarium vii. §2. 460 As in the unregenerate there might be some good. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi v. 80/2 The hardning of Unregenerates in their sinful Condition. 1795 Theol. Mag. Sept. 122/1 As the unregenerate act from a selfish principle, they do nothing which is commanded. 1876 A. Mahan Misunderstood Texts Script. i. 89 What class of self-deceived unregenerates does the apostle refer to in this passage? 1922 E. Candler Abdication iii. 81 He could not afford to alienate these unregenerates if they were to be impressed into the Jehad. 1976 W. W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers iv. 77 Catching crabs was but an occasional or leisure-time activity,..and only the unregenerate would do it on Sundays. 2004 E. H. H. Chang Becoming New Person xix. 382 The regenerate gives, the unregenerate takes. Derivatives unreˈgenerately adv. ΚΠ 1860 N. Emmons Wks. IV. xlii. 600 There is no command here to pray unregenerately or impenitently. 1968 Iowa City Press Citizen 26 Dec. 6 a/4 Although the Europeans have been coming over to instruct us in our sins for such a long time, we haven't improved a bit. We are still unregenerately unEuropean. 2006 Observer 19 Feb. 5 This sudden, humiliating demotion left Mourinho with unregenerately right-wing views. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † unregeneratev. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To undo the regeneration of. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > [verb (transitive)] unrighteous1593 malignify1613 unregenerate1861 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > regenerate [verb (transitive)] > make unregenerate unregenerate1861 1861 J. C. H. Fane & Ld. Lytton Tannhäuser 9 Suffered for a space..To range the wide world, and assay their powers To unregenerate redeem'd mankind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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