Opposite of Dying

Question

What single word means the opposite of dying, in other words, the "verb of becoming alive/living from the subject".

Context: Today while writing code I commented that one part of it was the "Dying" code for an object, but then I tried to comment the other part of it, the code that runs when the object is being created. Perhaps there would be an analogy to the dying ember, of say, a fire.

Opposite of dying is arguably "birth", but I feel that's wrong, probably naively due to the lack of an "ing" at the end. And may it's not the "origin" but "growing/strengthening aspect that I'm looking for in the opposite.

What part was the dying code? Was it the code that was dying, or was it code that related to something else dying? — Janus Bahs Jacquet, Jun 08 '14 at 15:50
If the code runs when the object is being created, you are obviously looking for creation. — RegDwigнt, Jun 08 '14 at 15:53
You may be interested in "borning", a dialect word meaning "birth" and origin of the English word "aborning" ora-borning". I'm trying to put in a reference to the Merriam-Webster.com definition but my phone won't let me :-( — Matt Gutting, Jun 08 '14 at 16:31
Birthing is an entirely acceptable word. Whether it's the best solution is less clear. — Tim Lymington, Jun 08 '14 at 17:19
"birthing" is the act of giving birth. I'm looking for the verb, "to be born". Eg "The adult was dying whilst the baby was (being born)" — Tom, Jun 08 '14 at 17:56
@Jim 's words are the correct terminology in object oriented programming. — AndrewC, Jun 08 '14 at 20:34
@RegDwigнt: I made the question clearer, and wonder if the question can be re-opened. My gut reaction was the word "thriving," (and I worked "backward" from that to come up with my constructs). — Tom Au, Jun 08 '14 at 21:37
This is an exact duplicate of One word for the act of being born, even down to the circumstances of how the question arises. — Andrew Leach, Jun 09 '14 at 06:16

dmk · Answer 1 · 2014-06-08T16:14:12.677

Edit: Somehow I missed the bit about the object being created. An earlier commenter mentioned creation, but I think what you're asking for is some sort of gerund that makes the object (in the sense you're using the word) the agent. In that case, the object might said to be arising. Some other possibilities: coming into being (if you don't mind three words), emerging, appearing, taking shape.

My original post, with some other types of antonyms:

If someone doesn't die, he or she survives assuming, I suppose, that there was a moment at which he or she didn't die.

If there was no such moment, I suppose the person is just continuing, though that is by no means standard usage :). Perhaps getting along is more accepted, though it is a bit informal. (Note that I'm surviving has more or less the same meaning, and that it differs from I survived.)

I suppose "emerging", as mentioned above, is quite elegant. – jules Jun 08 '14 at 19:37 — jules, Jun 08 '14 at 19:37

Opposite of Dying

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