newcreate

English

Alternative forms

• new-create

Etymology

From new +‎ create.

Verb

newcreate (third-person singular simple present newcreates, present participle newcreating, simple past and past participle newcreated)

1. (archaic, rare, transitive) To create anew; recreate.
   • 1832, Charles Jenkins, Sermons, by the late Rev. Charles Jenkins:

     […] unless you have some just sense of your dependence on the attendant special efficacy of God's holy spirit — unless you seek with great earnestness of heart the gift of that spirit to newcreate your soul […]

   • 1835, Austin Dickinson, The national Preacher: Volume 10:

     He only can enter into its secret chambers, analyze it, reveal its secret and hidden lineaments to its own view, control, newcreate, and sanctify it.

   • 1910, Frederick Kuegele, Country sermons. New series: Volume 5:

     […] but because the things of the Spirit of God are foolishness to the natural man and only Divine power can create a spiritual eye in him, therefore the Holy Ghost is given to so newcreate the heart that it will see spiritual things spiritually.

Usage notes

• This spelling is less common than new-create, which is less common than new (“newly”) create.

Derived terms

• newcreated