Crossword clues for regenerate
regenerate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Regenerate \Re*gen"er*ate\ (r?*j?n"?r*?t), v. t.
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To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to.
Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads. Regenerates the plauts, and new adorns the meads.
--Blackmore. (Theol.) 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.
Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.
Regenerate \Re*gen"er*ate\ (-?t), a. [L. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate.]
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Reproduced.
The earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up.
--Shak. (Theol.) Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Latin regeneratus, past participle of regenerare "bring forth again" (see regeneration).
1550s, back-formation from regeneration or else from Latin regeneratus, past participle of regenerare "bring forth again" (see regeneration). Originally religious; of body parts from 1590s. Related: Regenerated; regenerating. Replaced earlier regeneren (c.1400), from Old French regenerer.
Wiktionary
1 Spiritually reborn. 2 (context obsolete English) Reproduced. v
1 (context transitive English) To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner. 2 (context transitive English) To revitalize. 3 (context transitive biology English) To replace lost or damaged tissue. 4 (context intransitive English) To become reconstructed. 5 (context intransitive English) To undergo a spiritual rebirth.
WordNet
adj. reformed spiritually or morally; "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay" [ant: unregenerate]
v. re-establish 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" [syn: renew]
amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit
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" [syn: reform, reclaim, rectify]
return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" [syn: restore, rejuvenate]
replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; "The snake regenerated its tail"
be formed or shaped anew
form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred"
undergo regeneration
restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient" [syn: revitalize]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "regenerate".
Few can grasp with understanding that acknowledgment of the Lord, and acknowledgment that all good and truth are from Him, cause one to be reformed and regenerated.
An axon which has degenerated through injury or disease can sometimes be regenerated, provided its neurilemma has remained intact.
Salt represents to Hermeticists Absolute Matter, regenerated by Azoth, 778-m.
Christ was baptized not that He might be regenerated, but that He might regenerate others: wherefore after His Baptism He needed no tutor like other children.
I had thus undertaken to regenerate the worthy Semiramis, and I began to think how I could carry out my undertaking without putting myself to shame.
By a natural progress, it came at length to be considered that the gates of Elysium would open only for the Initiates, whose souls had been purified and regenerated in the sanctuaries.
The important mystery mentioned by the Rhetor, though it aroused his curiosity, did not seem to him essential, and the second aim, that of purifying and regenerating himself, did not much interest him because at that moment he felt with delight that he was already perfectly cured of his former faults and was ready for all that was good.
Yet he does not have the ability to will good in freedom and to do it in accord with reason unless he is regenerated.
Now, since the Lord wills that a man be reformed and regenerated in order that eternal life or the life of heaven may be his, and none can be reformed or regenerated unless good is appropriated to his will and truth to his understanding as if they were his, and only that can be appropriated which is done in freedom of the will and in accord with the reason of the understanding, no one is reformed in states of no freedom or rationality.
I kept the appointment and we spent the whole of the day in close conference, asking of the oracle concerning her being brought to bed, how she was to make her will, and how she should contrive to escape poverty in her regenerated shape.
Then, to reveal to men the truth, to regenerate them and conjoin them through himself with the Father in the experience of eternal life, the hypostatized Logos left his transcendent glory in heaven and came into the world in the person of Jesus.
Another bonus: Fish oil and fish protein have been shown to regenerate the membrane of the meniscus, which is important if you suffer a painful tear, or have chronic meniscus discomfort.
That material then could undergo manipulation, after which the cellular matter, the protoplast, was placed in a culture medium and allowed to regenerate its cell wall.
While such scenes were being enacted in Paris, and while all through France the large class of poor and criminals created by Bourbonism was committing even worse excesses, the assembly was addressing itself to the task of regenerating France by endowing her with a constitution.
Azea could regenerate what died in the cold, provided she survived to get back there to have it done.