be born again

VERB

convert

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lead move save turn

STRONG

actuate baptize bend bias brainwash budge convince impel incline persuade proselyte proselytize redeem reform regenerate sway

WEAK

alter conviction assimilate to bring around cause to adopt change into change of heart create anew lead to believe make over see the light

Antonyms

STRONG

dissuade repress suppress

WEAK

endure keep persist remain

VERB

proselytize

Synonyms

STRONG

accept adopt advocate approve convince defend embrace persuade sway uphold

WEAK

alter conviction cause to adopt change belief get into stand behind

Antonyms

STRONG

attack deny disagree disallow leave alone oppose refuse reject renounce repudiate

Example Sentences

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Thankfully, paper products, including your pizza’s container, are biodegradable and recyclable — a chance to be born again.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Participants believe the ceremony — symbolizing death and rebirth — helps rid them of bad luck and allows them to be born again for a fresh start in the new year.

From Fox News • Jan. 1, 2019

Her family was ferociously secular, but when Graham invited the assembled crowd of 23,000 people to be born again, Pagels found his invitation irresistible.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2018

Reading a great revisionist history of America is the bookish way to feel what it’s like to be born again.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017

“If I die,” she murmured, “maybe I’ll be born again when the Rosen Association stamps out its next unit of my subtype.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

be born again

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