water birthn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə bəːθ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌbərθ/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌbərθ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., birth n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + birth n.¹ In sense 1 with allusion to John 3:5.

1. Water baptism, as opposed to baptism with the Holy Spirit. Now rare.

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1841 Home Missionary Dec. 195/1 Multitudes are predisposed to believe that a water birth makes one an heir to heaven.

1857 R. B. Mayes Tecnobaptist 87 It is more usual..to appropriate the name of ‘baptism’ to the water-birth, and ‘regeneration’ to the spiritual birth.

1896 G. C. Lorimer People's Bible Hist. xii. v. 614/2 Water-birth alone was not enough. There must accompany that, another birth.

1973 G. Maeder God's Will for your Life vii. 66 This does seem to follow from Nicodemus' question in verse 4 [i.e. John 3:4], but the problem here is finding a clear parallel between water-birth and physical birth.

†2. poetic. An aquatic creature. Obsolete. rare.

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1878 F. W. Bourdillon Among Flowers 39 Swiftly dive and swim; More like some buoyant water-birth, Than creatures wont to walk the earth.

3. poetic. Perhaps: an unregarded origin or beginning. rare.An allusion to the words which Keats chose for his gravestone in order to indicate the evanescence of his life and reputation: ‘here lies one whose name was writ in water’. Cf. to write in water at water n. Phrases 2m.

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1908 J. R. Randall Maryland, my Maryland 133 Thy name, dear Keats, had water-birth.

4. An instance of childbirth during which the mother spends the late stages of labour, and often the delivery, immersed in warm water. Also: childbirth of this kind.

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1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 15 Dec. Other successful water births have been performed in Dallas.

1993 Independent on Sunday 17 Oct. 24/2 In fact, a national survey into the extent and safety of water birth began in June.

1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) ii. 74 From planned water birth with Vivaldi playing to lying in stirrups, fanny to the wind, all hope and dignity gone.

2006 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 7 July 1/1 The Community Maternity Unit..recently experienced its first waterbirth in their new birthing pool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water birth
释义	water birthn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə bəːθ/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌbərθ/, /ˈwɑdər ˌbərθ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., birth n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + birth n.¹ In sense 1 with allusion to John 3:5. 1. Water baptism, as opposed to baptism with the Holy Spirit. Now rare. ΚΠ 1841 Home Missionary Dec. 195/1 Multitudes are predisposed to believe that a water birth makes one an heir to heaven. 1857 R. B. Mayes Tecnobaptist 87 It is more usual..to appropriate the name of ‘baptism’ to the water-birth, and ‘regeneration’ to the spiritual birth. 1896 G. C. Lorimer People's Bible Hist. xii. v. 614/2 Water-birth alone was not enough. There must accompany that, another birth. 1973 G. Maeder God's Will for your Life vii. 66 This does seem to follow from Nicodemus' question in verse 4 [i.e. John 3:4], but the problem here is finding a clear parallel between water-birth and physical birth. †2. poetic. An aquatic creature. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1878 F. W. Bourdillon Among Flowers 39 Swiftly dive and swim; More like some buoyant water-birth, Than creatures wont to walk the earth. 3. poetic. Perhaps: an unregarded origin or beginning. rare.An allusion to the words which Keats chose for his gravestone in order to indicate the evanescence of his life and reputation: ‘here lies one whose name was writ in water’. Cf. to write in water at water n. Phrases 2m. ΚΠ 1908 J. R. Randall Maryland, my Maryland 133 Thy name, dear Keats, had water-birth. 4. An instance of childbirth during which the mother spends the late stages of labour, and often the delivery, immersed in warm water. Also: childbirth of this kind. ΚΠ 1981 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 15 Dec. Other successful water births have been performed in Dallas. 1993 Independent on Sunday 17 Oct. 24/2 In fact, a national survey into the extent and safety of water birth began in June. 1999 M. Syal Life isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (2000) ii. 74 From planned water birth with Vivaldi playing to lying in stirrups, fanny to the wind, all hope and dignity gone. 2006 Dunoon Observer & Argyllshire Standard 7 July 1/1 The Community Maternity Unit..recently experienced its first waterbirth in their new birthing pool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1841
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