What is the meaning of regenerate?

verb

  • Reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new.
    • usage: "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
  • 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.
    • usage: "The Church reformed me"; "reform your conduct"
  • Return to life; get or give new life or energy.
    • usage: "The week at the spa restored me"
  • Replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue.
    • usage: "The snake regenerated its tail"
  • Be formed or shaped anew.
  • Form or produce anew.
    • usage: "regenerate hatred"
  • Undergo regeneration.
  • Restore strength.
    • usage: "This food revitalized the patient"

adjective

  • Reformed spiritually or morally.
    • usage: "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay"
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APAWordNet. (2010). regenerate. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/regenerate/definitions/1182138
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