Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense regenerates, present participle regenerating, past tense, past participle regenerated
1. verb
To regenerate something means to develop and improve it to make it more active, successful, or important, especially after a period when it has been getting worse.
The government will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: renew, restore, revive, renovate More Synonyms of regenerate
regeneration (rɪdʒenəreɪʃən)uncountable noun
...the physical and economic regeneration of the area. [+ of]
2. verb
If organs or tissues regenerate or if something regenerates them, they heal and grow again after they have been damaged.
Nerve cells have limited ability to regenerate if destroyed. [VERB]
Newts can regenerate their limbs. [VERB noun]
regenerationuncountable noun
Vitamin B assists in red-blood-cell regeneration.
regenerate in British English
verb (rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt)
1.
to undergo or cause to undergo moral, spiritual, or physical renewal or invigoration
2.
to form or be formed again; come or bring into existence once again
3.
to replace (lost or damaged tissues or organs) by new growth, or to cause (such tissues) to be replaced
4. chemistry
to restore or be restored to an original physical or chemical state
5. (transitive) electronics
(in a digital system) to reshape (distorted incoming pulses) for onward transmission
adjective (rɪˈdʒɛnərɪt)
6.
morally, spiritually, or physically renewed or reborn; restored or refreshed
Derived forms
regenerable (reˈgenerable)
adjective
regeneracy (reˈgeneracy)
noun
regenerative (reˈgenerative)
adjective
regeneratively (reˈgeneratively)
adverb
regenerator (reˈgenerˌator)
noun
regenerate in American English
(rɪˈdʒɛnərɪt; for v., rɪˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt)
adjective
1.
spiritually reborn
2.
renewed or restored, esp. after a decline to a low or abject condition
verb transitiveWord forms: reˈgenerˌated or reˈgenerˌating
3.
to cause to be spiritually reborn
4.
to cause to be completely reformed or improved
5.
to form or bring into existence again; reestablish on a new basis
6. Biology
to grow anew (a part to replace one hurt or lost)
7. Chemistry
to produce (a compound, product, etc.) again chemically, as from a derivative or by modification to a physically changed, but not chemically changed, form
8. Electronics
a.
to cause oscillation or to increase the amplification of (a signal) by feeding energy back from an amplifier output to its input
b.
to receive (imperfectly formed electrical signals) for retransmission in substantially perfect form
9. Mechanics
to use (heat, energy, pressure, etc. which would otherwise be wasted) by employing special arrangements or devices
10. Physics
to restore (a battery, catalyst, etc.) to its original state or properties
verb intransitive
11.
to form again, or be made anew
12.
to be regenerated, or spiritually reborn
13.
to have a regenerative effect
Derived forms
regeneracy (reˈgeneracy) (rɪˈdʒɛnərəsi)
noun or reˈgenerateness
regenerately (reˈgenerately)
adverb
Word origin
LME regenerat < L regeneratus, pp. of regenerare, to reproduce, in LL(Ec), to regenerate: see re- & generate
Examples of 'regenerate' in a sentence
regenerate
The Reverend Meredith, however, was blind to these manifestations of regenerate life.
Salley Vickers MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003)
But for those of us with the wisdom and the will, the power to regenerate the flesh was there for the taking.
Pritchard, John NIGHT SISTERS (2003)
Nevertheless she had instructed it to take frequent rests to allow any damaged tissue to regenerate.
S.M. Stirling T2: INFILTRATOR (2003)
In other languages
regenerate
British English: regenerate VERB
To regenerate something means to develop and improve it to make it more active, successful, or important, especially after a period when it has been getting worse.
The government will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas.
American English: regenerate
Brazilian Portuguese: regenerar
Chinese: 重建
European Spanish: regenerar
French: régénérer
German: erneuern
Italian: riqualificare
Japanese: 再生する
Korean: 재건하다
European Portuguese: regenerar
Latin American Spanish: regenerar
Chinese translation of 'regenerate'
regenerate
(rɪˈdʒɛnəreɪt)
vt
复(復)兴(興) (fùxīng)
vi
(Bio) 再生 (zàishēng)
(verb)
Definition
to undergo or cause to undergo physical, economic, or spiritual renewal
The government will continue to regenerate inner city areas.
Synonyms
renew
He renewed his attack on government policy.
restore
They partly restored a local castle.
revive
an attempt to revive the economy
renovate
change
reproduce
uplift
reconstruct
The government must reconstruct the shattered economy.
re-establish
rejuvenate
He was advised that the Italian climate would rejuvenate him.
kick-start (informal)
breathe new life into
invigorate
reinvigorate
reawaken
revivify
give a shot in the arm
inspirit
Opposites
decline
, degenerate,
stagnate
,
stultify
,
become moribund
Additional synonyms
in the sense of reconstruct
Definition
to build again
The government must reconstruct the shattered economy.
Synonyms
rebuild,
reform,
restore,
recreate,
remake,
renovate,
remodel,
re-establish,
regenerate,
reorganize,
reassemble
in the sense of rejuvenate
Definition
to give back youth or vitality to
He was advised that the Italian climate would rejuvenate him.