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36401 Etymology dictionary, p. profit (n.).2
… , "benefit, spiritual benefit, advantage;" from Old French prufit, porfit "profit, gain" (mid-12c.), from Latin profectus "growth, advance, increase, success, progress …
36402 Etymology dictionary, p. profundity (n.).2
… , or spiritual mystery" in English is from c. 1500.
36403 Etymology dictionary, p. pureness (n.).2
late 14c., purenes, purenesse, "freedom from admixture or defilement; spiritual or moral purity," from pure (adj.) + -ness .
36404 Etymology dictionary, p. purgation (n.).2
… or spiritual (12c., Modern French purgation ) and directly from Latin purgationem (nominative purgatio ) "a cleansing, purging," figuratively "an apology, justification …
36405 Etymology dictionary, p. purgatory (n.).2
… for spiritual cleansing after death of souls dying penitent and destined ultimately for Heaven," from Old French purgatore, purgatoire and directly from …
36406 Etymology dictionary, p. purify (v.).2
… from spiritual pollution," from Old French purefier "purify, cleanse, refine" (12c.), from Latin purificare "to make pure," from purus "pure" (see pure ) + combining form …
36407 Etymology dictionary, p. rabbi (n.).2
… "a spiritual master" generally; from Late Latin rabbi, from Greek rhabbi, from Mishnaic Hebrew rabbi "my master."
36408 Etymology dictionary, p. rapture (n.).3
… of "spiritual ecstasy, state of mental transport or exaltation" is recorded by c. 1600 ( raptures ). The connecting notion is a sudden or violent taking and carrying …
36409 Etymology dictionary, p. reanimate (v.).2
… both spiritual and physical senses, from re- "back, again" + animate (v.) "endow with life." Sense of "revive when dull or languid" is by 1762. Related: Reanimated; reanimating …
36410 Etymology dictionary, p. reborn (adj.).2
"born again or anew," physically or spiritually, 1590s, from re- "back, again" + born .
36411 Etymology dictionary, p. recidivism (n.).2
… the spiritual sense is attested early 15c. ( recidivacion ), but OED has no examples after c. 1700. Recidivous "liable to backslide to a former condition or state …
36412 Etymology dictionary, p. redeem (v.).2
… and spiritual death," from Old French redimer "buy back" and directly from Latin redimere "to redeem, buy back," from red- "back" (see re- ) + emere "to take, buy, gain, procure …
36413 Etymology dictionary, p. refreshment (n.).2
… and spiritual, from Old French refreschement (Modern French rafraîchissement ), from refreschier "refresh, renew" (see refresh (v.)). Sense of "state of being refreshed …
36414 Etymology dictionary, p. refreshing (adj.).2
"tending or serving to refresh, invigorating," 1570s, present-participle adjective from refresh (v.). Mental or spiritual sense is attested from 1690s. Related: Refreshingly .
36415 Etymology dictionary, p. refresh (v.).2
… or spiritually)," also "provide shelter and refreshment" (to a guest, etc.); from Old French refreschier "refresh, renew" (12c.; Modern French rafraîchir ), from re- "again …
36416 Etymology dictionary, p. refuel (v.).2
also re-fuel, "supply again with fuel, refill with fuel," 1811, from re- "again" + fuel (v.). Originally in a spiritual sense; later of gas tanks, motor vehicles, etc. Related: Refueled; refuelling .
36417 Etymology dictionary, p. regenerative (adj.).2
… a spiritual sense from early 15c.
36418 Etymology dictionary, p. regeneration (n.).2
… ," originally spiritual, also of the Resurrection, from Old French regeneracion (Modern French regénération ) and directly from Late Latin regenerationem …
36419 Etymology dictionary, p. regeneration (n.).3
Originally theological, "radical spiritual change in an individual accomplished by the action of God;" of animal tissue, "power or process of growing again," early 15c.; of forests, 1888.
36420 Etymology dictionary, p. regenerate (adj.).2
"reborn, reproduced, restored," mid-15c., from Latin regeneratus, past participle of regenerare "bring forth again" (see regeneration ). Especially in theology, "changed from a natural to a spiritual state."