单词 | regenerating |
释义 | regeneratingn. The process of regeneration. ΚΠ 1616–17 in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1965) X. 117 That we through regeneriting be maid thy children by adoption and grace. 1694 W. Penn Pref. to G. Fox's Jrnl. sig. C2 As without this Secret Divine Power there is no Quickning and Regenerating of dead Souls. 1785 Enq. Use & Office Moral Law iv. 152 What the word of God declares concerning the quickening and regenerating of dead sinners. 1862 H. W. Beecher in E. C. Stanton et al. Hist. Woman Suffrage (1881) II. xviii. 162 Reasons that summon woman to have a part in that regenerating of thought and that regenerating of legislation which shall make vice a crime, and vice-makers criminals. 1915 Amer. Jrnl. Theol. 19 461 In the Roman Empire the ethical problem consisted in the regenerating of personal morality. 1962 Which? Oct. 296/2 Regenerating [of water-softening apparatus] is an irritating and time-consuming chore... The details of the regenerating methods used varied from unit to unit. 2007 Surface & Coatings Technol. 202 968/2 In the regenerating of molding die, the degraded hard coating on the noble metal was removed by an acid or alkali solution. Compounds attributive, as regenerating power, regenerating process, etc. ΚΠ 1698 J. Howe Serm. Death Richard Adams 25 Till the regenerating Work take place. 1764 T. Hartley Paradise Restored 385 Which might be owing to other causes.., rather than to any regenerating work of God's Spirit. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 45/2 The star-fish affords an example of great regenerating power. 1885 Science 3 July 4/2 Our knowledge of the regenerating power has recently received important extensions. 1968 S. Sunderland Nerves & Nerve Injuries xxxii. 405 The tissues of the distal stump exert a neurotropic influence on the regenerating process. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). regeneratingadj. 1. That regenerates; that causes or undergoes regeneration. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > restoring to flourishing condition regeneratinga1556 resuscitative1611 revivifying1631 resuscitating1731 regenerative1871 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > regeneration > [adjective] > causing regeneratinga1556 regeneratory1803 regenerative1852 the world > existence and causation > creation > [adjective] > creating or constructing again regenerative?a1475 regenerating1707 regenerant1713 re-creative1783 reproductive1830 reconstructive1838 the world > health and disease > healing > recovery > process of healing of an injury, etc. > [adjective] > forming anew regenerating1776 the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > reforming > completely regenerative1852 regenerating1861 a1556 T. Cranmer Aunswere vnto Craftie & Sophisticall Cauillation (1580) iii. 178 The water in baptisme is called..regenerating water, because it is the sacrament of regeneration, and sanctification. 1618 W. Whately New Birth iv. 37 A secret drawing of his owne inward soule, wrought by this regenerating spirit. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 339 We may conclude them to be the first Principles of the regenerating Plant. 1776 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 85 183 The regenerating nerve..converting the whole of the surrounding extravasated blood into its own substance. 1861 G. Smith Lect. Mod. Hist. i. 22 Men, who..have left a great and regenerating example to mankind. 1954 E. P. Abraham in H. W. Florey Lect. Gen. Pathol. xiv. 265 Abnormal mitotic figures have been observed, for example, in tumour cells and regenerating liver after irradiation. 1989 Scots Mag. Apr. 66 The..ship..illuminated at night, adds an extra dimension to Glasgow's regenerating waterfront. 2004 Wildlife News May 11/3 The effect of their browsing is evident in..the damage to regenerating coppice and obvious loss of primroses and bluebells from the woodland floor. 2. Engineering. Esp. of a furnace: using regeneration (regeneration n. 6) in order to increase efficiency. Cf. regenerative adj. 4b. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > [adjective] > types of reverbatory1594 reverberatory1613 reverberating1650 reverberated1678 downdraught1854 regenerating1858 regenerative1861 recuperative1864 reverbating1868 1858 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. 66 59 The regenerating furnace. 1862 W. R. Grove On Correlation Physical Forces (ed. 4) 99 Under the term regenerating-engine various ingenious combinations have lately been suggested. 1922 J. S. Haldane Respiration ix. 247 A regenerating furnace, where the air carried away in the waste gases is utilized to heat the incoming air. 1970 R. W. Thomas Iron & Steel ii. 14/1 By no means all of the blast furnace gas is burnt in the regenerating stoves. 1988 Internat. Jrnl. Radiation Applic. & Instrumentation A. 39 265/1 In the old commercially-available regenerating furnace no similar effect was observed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1616adj.a1556 |
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