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renasci [CL] 1 to be born again (in quot., transf., w. ref. to spiritual rebirth, esp. through baptism). b (pr. ppl. s. act.) causing rebirth or renewal, renewing. c (p. ppl. as sb.) person reborn through baptism. ‘quasi ~ti ‥ ex ‥ incorruptibili verbo Dei vivi’ [I Petr. i 22] Gildas EB 106; virguncula ‥ nondum lavacri baptisterio ~ta [gl.: i. regenerata] Aldh. VirgP 46 p. 300; ministerium baptizandi quo Deo ~scimur Bede HE II 2 p. 83; unde votum vovi altissimo Auctori, qui me ~sci fecit, templum ei facturum Byrht. V. Ecgwini 363; sabbatoque sequentis pasche ‥ sacro fonte ~tus sum Ord. Vit. V 1 p. 301; electorum anime noviter in Christo ~te G. Stanford Cant. 223n. 102; to be borne, ‥ enasci de terra vel aqua, ~sci sicut in baptismo CathA. b Dei filius ‥ nullo eguit munere gratiae ~scentis Bede Hom. I 11. 54D; per aquam lavacri ~scentis Ib. I 12. 60A. c da ut ~tis [AS: eftacennedum] sit fides mentium et pietas actionum Rit. Durh. 32; ubi tot millia ~torum junguntur civibus supernis Gosc. Aug. Maj. 83C; lectiones de Veteri Testamento ‥, cujus intelligentia non nisi Spiritu ~tis perfecte manifestatur Beleth RDO 110. 112D; corda renatorum demonstrant cantica leta Garl. Myst. Eccl. 328; sic cruce signatos mundat baptisma renatos Vers. Cant. 7 p. 20. 2 (of astr. body) to rise again (in quot. in fig. context). jamque ibi Hesperie Mildrethe factum est vespere, ut apud amantissimum patronum Augustinum ~scenti surgeret soliferum mane Gosc. Transl. Mild. 5 p. 162. 3 to grow or spring up again: a (of plant); b (of limb or member of body); c (of tooth); d (fig.). a surus, qui remanet post abscisionem arboris. surculus, truncus ~scens Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 564; 1342 ut cederetur et que eciam excisa rursus ex stipitibus aut radicibus ~scatur Conc. II 705a. b c1165 quibusdam amputatis capitibus cum mundi bestiam extinxisse me reputo, ad capita multipliciter ~scentia ‥ perhorresco G. Foliot Ep. 195. c queritur ante duodecimum annum si dentes exciderint quare ~scantur, si post duodecimum aut raro aut nunquam ~sci solent Quaest. Salern. B 71. d ~scentibus virgultis Pelagianae pestis Bede HE I 21 tit.; sacerdotalis dignitas gladio Petri morbos ecclesie incessanter ~scentes minime prevalet resecare Pull. Sent. 920B. 4 (of building) to be built again, to be rebuilt or restored. b (of abstr.) to be returned to an earlier state, to be restored or renewed. c (in gl.). sic miles Christi devicto hoste triumphat / basilicam Domino restaurans aede renata Aldh. VirgV 854. b resumi debet humanitas et animo nobili pietas ‥ ~sci Gir. EH I 14 p. 252. c redivivum, a vetustate ~tum [? l. renovatum] GlC R 126; edite, i. ~te, renovate, reparate, constituite, vel gesettaþ GlH E 49.

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