What does regenerate mean?

Definitions for regenerate
rɪˈdʒɛn əˌreɪt; -ər ɪtre·gen·er·ate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. regenerateverb

    reformed spiritually or morally

    "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay"

  2. regenerate, renewverb

    reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new

    "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"

  3. regenerateverb

    amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit

  4. reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectifyverb

    bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

    "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"

  5. regenerate, restore, rejuvenateverb

    return to life; get or give new life or energy

    "The week at the spa restored me"

  6. regenerateverb

    replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue

    "The snake regenerated its tail"

  7. regenerateverb

    be formed or shaped anew

  8. regenerateverb

    form or produce anew

    "regenerate hatred"

  9. regenerateverb

    undergo regeneration

  10. regenerate, revitalizeverb

    restore strength

    "This food revitalized the patient"

Wiktionary

  1. regenerateverb

    To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner

  2. regenerateverb

    To revitalize

  3. regenerateverb

    To replace lost or damaged tissue

  4. regenerateverb

    To become reconstructed

  5. regenerateverb

    To undergo a spiritual rebirth

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Regenerateadjective

    Etymology: regeneratus, Lat.

    Thou! the earthly author of my blood,
    Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate,
    Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up
    To reach at victory. William Shakespeare, Richard II.

    For from the mercy-seat above,
    Prevenient grace descending, had remov’d
    The stony from their hearts, and made new flesh
    Regenerate grow instead. John Milton.

    If you fulfil this resolution, though you fall sometimes by infirmity; nay, though you should fall into some greater act, even of deliberate sin, which you presently retract by confession and amendment, you are nevertheless in a regenerate estate, you live the life of a christian here, and shall inherit the reward that is promised to such in a glorious immortality hereafter. William Wake, Preparation for Death.

  2. To REGENERATEverb

    Etymology: regenero, Lat.

    Albeit the son of this earl of Desmond, who lost his head, were restored to the earldom; yet could not the king’s grace regenerate obedience in that degenerate house, but it grew rather more wild. John Davies, on Ireland.

    Through all the soil a genial ferment spreads,
    Regenerates the plants, and new adorns the meads. Richard Blackmore.

    An alkali, poured to that which is mixed with an acid, raiseth an effervescence, at the cessation of which, the salts, of which the acid is composed, will be regenerated. Arbuthnot.

    No sooner was a convert initiated, but by an easy figure he became a new man, and both acted and looked upon himself as one regenerated and born a second time into another state of existence. Joseph Addison, on the Christian Religion.

ChatGPT

  1. regenerate

    To regenerate means to grow or create new or lost tissues, organs, or structures of an organism anew, often after damage or injury. It also refers to the process of improving or refreshing something, especially after it has been depleted or worn out. Additionally, in a broader sense, regenerate could mean revitalizing, renewing or reviving in a physical, emotional, or spiritual context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Regenerateadjective

    reproduced

  2. Regenerateadjective

    born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state

  3. Regenerateverb

    to generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to

  4. Regenerateverb

    to cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of

  5. Regenerateverb

    hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society

  6. Etymology: [L. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Regenerate

    rē-jen′ėr-āt, v.t. to produce anew: (theol.) to renew the heart and turn it to the love of God.—adj. regenerated, renewed: changed from a natural to a spiritual state.—ns. Regen′erācy, Regen′erāteness, state of being regenerate.—n. Regenerā′tion, act of regenerating: state of being regenerated: (theol.) new birth, the change from a carnal to a Christian life: the renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.—adj. Regen′erātive, pertaining to regeneration: renewal.—adv. Regen′erātively.—n. Regen′erātor, a chamber filled with a checker-work of fire-bricks, in which the waste heat is, by reversal of the draught, alternately stored up and given out to the gas and air entering the furnace.—adj. Regen′erātory.—n. Regen′esis, the state of being renewed.—Baptismal regeneration (see Baptise). [L. regenerāre, -ātum, to bring forth again—re-, again, generāre, to generate.]

Editors Contribution

  1. regenerate

    To create a new way.

    The skin cells do regenerate and we are grateful.


    Submitted by MaryC on August 28, 2020  


  2. regenerate

    To create in a new, innovative and sustainable way.

    The motivation to regenerate the community for the prosperity of all is clear to see.


    Submitted by MaryC on August 28, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of regenerate in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of regenerate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of regenerate in a Sentence

  1. Nova Spivack:

    Best-case scenario is that the little library is fully intact, sitting on a nice sandy hillside on the moon for a billion years. In the distant future it might be recovered by our descendants or by a future form of intelligent life that might evolve long after we're gone, from the DNA and the cells that we included, Nova Spivack could clone us and regenerate the human race and other plants and animals.

  2. Elliot Tapper:

    If you catch people at the right time and if they can stop drinking, this is a promising situation, i've seen people come into my clinic with liver failure and then after they stop drinking a year later, they look like a million dollars. The liver can regenerate and this is a problem that often times can be helped.

  3. William James:

    Of all the beautiful truths pertaining to the soul None is more gladdening or fruitful than to know You can regenerate and make yourself what you will.

  4. Edward Ottewell:

    We want to protect and save as many as we can, it's going to create employment, it's going to regenerate an area that's been left, and do some good.

  5. Kasun Ratnayake:

    Photoreceptor cells do not regenerate in the eye. When they’re dead, they’re dead for good.

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