The Collaborative International Dictionary
New \New\ (n[=u]), a. [Compar. Newer (n[=u]"[~e]r); superl. Newest.] [OE. OE. newe, AS. niwe, neowe; akin to D. nieuw, OS. niwi, OHG. niuwi, G. neu, Icel. n[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ny, Goth. niujis, Lith. naujas, Russ. novuii, Ir. nua, nuadh, Gael. nuadh, W. newydd, Armor. nevez, L. novus, Gr. ne`os, Skr. nava, and prob. to E. now. [root]263. See Now, and cf. Announce, Innovate, Neophyte, Novel.]
Having existed, or having been made, but a short time; having originated or occured lately; having recently come into existence, or into one's possession; not early or long in being; of late origin; recent; fresh; modern; -- opposed to old, as, a new coat; a new house; a new book; a new fashion. ``Your new wife.''
--Chaucer.Not before seen or known, although existing before; lately manifested; recently discovered; as, a new metal; a new planet; new scenes.
Newly beginning or recurring; starting anew; now commencing; different from what has been; as, a new year; a new course or direction.
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As if lately begun or made; having the state or quality of original freshness; also, changed for the better; renovated; unworn; untried; unspent; as, rest and travel made him a new man.
Steadfasty purposing to lead a new life.
--Bk. of Com. Prayer.Men after long emaciating diets, fat, and almost new.
--Bacon. Not of ancient extraction, or of a family of ancient descent; not previously known or famous.
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Not habituated; not familiar; unaccustomed.
New to the plow, unpracticed in the trace.
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Fresh from anything; newly come. New from her sickness to that northern air. --Dryden. New birth. See under Birth. New Church, or New Jerusalem Church, the church holding the doctrines taught by Emanuel Swedenborg. See Swedenborgian. New heart (Theol.), a heart or character changed by the power of God, so as to be governed by new and holy motives. New land, land cleared and cultivated for the first time. New light. (Zo["o]l.) See Crappie. New moon.
The moon in its first quarter, or when it first appears after being invisible.
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The day when the new moon is first seen; the first day of the lunar month, which was a holy day among the Jews.
--2 Kings iv. 23.New Red Sandstone (Geol.), an old name for the formation immediately above the coal measures or strata, now divided into the Permian and Trias. See Sandstone.
New style. See Style.
New testament. See under Testament.
New world, the land of the Western Hemisphere; -- so called because not known to the inhabitants of the Eastern Hemisphere until recent times.
Syn: Novel; recent; fresh; modern. See Novel.
Birth \Birth\ (b[~e]rth), n. [OE. burth, birth, AS. beor[eth], gebyrd, fr. beran to bear, bring forth; akin to D. geboorte, OHG. burt, giburt, G. geburt, Icel. bur[eth]r, Skr. bhrti bearing, supporting; cf. Ir. & Gael. beirthe born, brought forth. [root]92. See 1st Bear, and cf. Berth.]
The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; -- generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son.
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Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes, high birth; noble extraction.
Elected without reference to birth, but solely for qualifications.
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The condition to which a person is born; natural state or position; inherited disposition or tendency.
A foe by birth to Troy's unhappy name.
--Dryden. The act of bringing forth; as, she had two children at a birth. ``At her next birth.''
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That which is born; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable.
Poets are far rarer births than kings.
--B. Jonson.Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself.
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Origin; beginning; as, the birth of an empire.
New birth (Theol.), regeneration, or the commencement of a religious life.
Syn: Parentage; extraction; lineage; race; family.
Wikipedia
New Birth (also known as The New Birth) is an American funk and R&B group. It was originally conceived in Detroit, Michigan by former Motown songwriter/producer, Vernon Bullock and co-founded in Louisville, Kentucky by him with former singer and Motown songwriter/producer Harvey Fuqua and musicians, Tony Churchill, James Baker, Austin Lander, Robert "Lurch" Jackson, Leroy Taylor, Charlie Hearndon, Bruce Marshall and Nathaniel "Nebs" Neblett.
New Birth may refer to:
- New Birth (band), an American musical group
- Born again (Christianity), or "new birth", a spiritual rebirth in some forms of Christianity
- Regeneration (theology), a Christian theological concept
- Dvija, a Hindu theological concept
- New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, a megachurch in the American state of Georgia
Usage examples of "new birth".
The cycle of life and death and new birth was all around here, none of it twisted by Yuuzhan Vong biotechnology, none of it poisoned by the machines, greed, and exploitation all too native to this galaxy.
To drink is to live, to be bathed in water is to have a new birth.
So much of what I was and knew has faded like mist beneath the summer sun since my strange new birth.
It's a standard joke among the other kings that Queen Layla's been pregnant since she was fourteen, but that's probably because they're expected to send royal gifts at each new birth.
Sometimes she imagined it was Silent, returned from the dead, preparing for a new birth.
I swear to renounce my father and my mother, and the land where I was born, and to cling to this land of my new birth.
At each new birth he grumbled, gnashed his teeth, accused Mahomet of being the cause of his mishaps, and would have been altogether unbearable, if Ghulendi Begum had not found means to moderate his evil temper.