regenerate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- Adjective
- Verb
- IPA: /ɹiːˈdʒɛnəɹeɪt/
regenerate (regenerates, present participle regenerating; past and past participle regenerated)
- (transitive) To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
- (transitive) To revitalize.
- (transitive, biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.
- (intransitive) To become reconstructed.
- (intransitive) To undergo a spiritual rebirth.
- French: régénérer
- German: regenerieren
- French: régénérer
- German: regenerieren
- German: regenerieren, erneuern
regenerate (not comparable)
- Spiritually reborn.
- (obsolete) Reproduced.
- 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene iii]:
- The earthly author of my blood, / Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, / Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up.
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