Born-again Definition

bôrnə-gĕn
adjective
Having or committed to a new or renewed Christian faith, esp. as the result of a personal conversion experience.
Webster's New World
Having a new, strong belief in some principle, movement, etc.
A born-again romantic.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to evangelical Christianity.
Born-again evangelism.
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Characterized by renewal, resurgence, or return.
A born-again fiscal conservative.
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(by extension) Having the zeal of a convert of a non-religious cause or activity.

After not picking up a shovel for twenty years, she finally saw the beauty in flowers and declared herself a born-again gardener.
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noun

Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ as a personal saviour.

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Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.

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An evangelical Christian.

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Other Word Forms of Born-again

Noun

Singular:
born-again
Plural:
born-agains

Origin of Born-again

  • From the New Testament: "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.'" [John 3:3, Today's New International Version]

    From Wiktionary

  • From born again in John 3:3 and 3:7

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Born-again Sentence Examples

  • You think born again Saint Willard the Redeemed One might have been involved?

  • The old Scandinavian mythology lived in the hands of Ohlenschldger exactly as the classical Greek religion was born again in Keats.

  • The beauty of art is a beauty born in the spirit of the artist and born again in the spectator; it is not like the beauty of natural things, an incident of their existence, but is " essentially a question, an address to a responding breast, a call to the heart and spirit."

  • I guess I was a born again biker at 16!

  • It meant that the Mithraist symbolically died when he became a first grade neophyte and was born again as a crow.

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