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Regenerate
//ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Spiritually reborn. not-comparable
- 2 Reproduced. not-comparable, obsolete
"The earthly author of my blood, / Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, / Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up."
Adjective
- 1 reformed spiritually or morally wordnet
Noun
- 1 One who is spiritually reborn.
Verb
- 1 To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner. transitive
- 2 restore strength wordnet
- 3 To revitalize. transitive
- 4 undergo regeneration wordnet
- 5 To replace lost or damaged tissue. transitive
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- 6 form or produce anew wordnet
- 7 To become reconstructed. intransitive
- 8 be formed or shaped anew wordnet
- 9 To undergo a spiritual rebirth. intransitive
- 10 replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue wordnet
- 11 Of a water softener: to flush out the minerals extracted from the water supply. intransitive
- 12 get or give new life or energy; return to life, regain energy, recuperate wordnet
- 13 bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one wordnet
- 14 amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit wordnet
- 15 reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin regenerātus, perfect passive participle of regenerō, from re- + generō, from genus, generis (“descent, origin, birth”); -ō, equivalent to re- + generate.
Etymology 2
From Latin regenerātus, perfect passive participle of regenerō, from re- + generō, from genus, generis (“descent, origin, birth”); -ō, equivalent to re- + generate.
Etymology 3
From Latin regenerātus, perfect passive participle of regenerō, from re- + generō, from genus, generis (“descent, origin, birth”); -ō, equivalent to re- + generate.
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