rebirth

plural rebirths

1. Reincarnation; new birth subsequent to one's first.

   A theistic version of the above doctrine of transmigratory existence is presented best in the Bhagavadgitā which compares the rebirth of the soul in another body to changing of clothes, […]

   1989, Saral Jhingran, Aspects of Hindu morality, page 35

2. Revival, reinvigoration.

   And it was the spread of modern nationalism in the aftermath of Napoleon's defeat that mainly accounted for the nineteenth-century rebirth of the “Handelian” oratorio in Germany, where it had never thrived before, […]

   2009, Richard Taruskin, Music in the Nineteenth Century

3. Spiritual renewal.

   The rebirth of Baptism affirms that Christ the healer shares our life.

   2000, Joseph Stoutzenberger, Celebrating Sacraments, page 132

   1 more example

   Rather, in 1 Pet 3:21, those who have experienced rebirth in Christ, presumably through baptism, are promised an eschatological reward.

   2011, Chad T. Pierce, Spirits and the Proclamation of Christ, page 233

present singular third person rebirths · participle present rebirthing · participle past rebirthed · past rebirthed

1. transitiveTo cause to be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.

   D’Alessandro fashioned it upon a book he wrote, the lost stories he rebirthed and cherished.

   2011, John Trevillian, The A-Men Return, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics.: Matador, →ISBN, page 196

2. intransitiveTo be born again, spiritually renewed, or revived.

   As I rebirthed and did the LRT, I began to love and accept myself as a woman.

   1991, Rhonda Levand, “[Celebrating Our Sexuality] Balancing Male and Female Energy”, in Sexual Evolution: How Your Birth and Rebirth Affect Your Sexuality & What to Do About It, Berkeley, Calif.: Celestial Arts, →ISBN, page 176

   3 more examples

   “And how ’bout me?” / “Two life sentences, probably.” / “The one life,” says Johnny, laughing, “isn’t enough? They don’t satisfy one, they want two? Maybe when I rebirth again, I owe them another next life.”

   2001, John Sack, The Dragonhead: The True Story of the Godfather of Chinese Crime—His Rise and Fall, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 371

   I rebirthed to let go of any belief systems of lack and limitation that might be blocking my success.

   2008, Patricia Panahi, God Outside the Box: A Story of Breaking Free, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 87

   “When I rebirth, you will eat of me. But not overmuch, I pray. The black spruce of Three Streams, echoing the sweet tongue of Betula Carla, be yet to forget. And forgive. Overmuch. Over so little. Over and over and over.”

   2013, Michael Larsen, “Part 1: Choice”, in The Corridor, →ISBN, page 97