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breathe new life into

breathe new life into verb: to reinvigorate; to fill with energy again.

Verb

breathe new life into (third-person singular simple present breathes new life into, present participle breathing new life into, simple past and past participle breathed new life into)

  1. To reinvigorate; to fill with energy again.
    • In the ensuing clashes between nouveau-cons and their more or less double-crossed doppelgangers, taking the part of either is to administer the kiss of life to a dying tradition or breathing new life into cacoethics.2014 March 3, M. F. Dail, Limbodeswills Wain, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN
    • But, overall, Donne's poetry represents an epistemic break with the love clichés so overused by an earlier era; and the poet was often moved to use Platonic equatings of love, beauty, and goodness to breathe new life into old Petrarchisms.2015, Philip R. Hardie, The Oxford History of Classical Reception in English Literature

Forms of breathe new life into

third-person singular presentbreathes new life into
present participlebreathing new life into
past participlebreathed new life into
pastbreathed new life into

Questions about breathe new life into

What does breathe new life into mean?
Breathe new life into means to reinvigorate; to fill with energy again.
What part of speech is breathe new life into?
Breathe new life into is a verb.
What is the past tense of breathe new life into?
The past tense of breathe new life into is breathed new life into.

Words near breathe new life into in the dictionary

  1. breathe back to life
  2. breathe down someone's neck
  3. breathe easy
  4. breathe freely
  5. breathe in
  6. breathe new life into
  7. breathe one's last
  8. breathe one's last breath
  9. breathe out
  10. breathe upon
  11. breathed

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