Regenerate

Definitions: Regenerate

Regenerate

Adjective

1. Reformed spiritually or morally; "a regenerate sinner"; "regenerate by redemption from error or decay".

Verb

1. 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".

2. Amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit.

3. Subject to spiritual regeneration.

4. Return to life; get or give new life or energy.

5. Replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue; "The snake regenerated its tail".

6. Become regenerate.

7. Be formed or shaped anew.

8. Form or produce anew; "regenerate hatred".

9. Undergo regeneration.

10. : restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient".

Date "regenerate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Regenerate

Synonyms: reform (v), renew (v), restore (v), revitalize (v). (additional references)

Antonym: unregenerate (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Piety	Convert, edify, sanctify, keep holy, beatify, regenerate, inspire, consecrate, enshrine.
Reproduction	Verb: reproduce; restore; revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate; remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible; multiply, repeat; resurge.
Restoration	Reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute; reconvert; renew, renovate; regenerate; rejuvenate.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Title
Books	Care Packages for the Home: Dozens of Ways to Regenerate Spirit Where You Live (reference) The Regenerate Lyric : Theology and Innovation in American Poetry (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Regenerate (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		For nerve cells to regenerate axons, they must first survive the injury. (references)
		Those differences may help explain why CNS nerve cells do not regenerate. (references)
		Some cluster patients have had facial nerves cut only to have them regenerate years later. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	TORTOISE, n. A creature thoughtfully created to supply occasion for the following lines by the illustrious Ambat Delaso: TO MY PET TORTOISE My friend, you are not graceful -- not at all; Your gait's between a stagger and a sprawl. Nor are you beautiful: your head's a snake's To look at, and I do not doubt it aches. As to your feet, they'd make an angel weep. 'Tis true you take them in whene'er you sleep. No, you're not pretty, but you have, I own, A certain firmness -- mostly you're [sic] backbone. Firmness and strength (you have a giant's thews) Are virtues that the great know how to use -- I wish that they did not; yet, on the whole, You lack -- excuse my mentioning it -- Soul. So, to be candid, unreserved and true, I'd rather you were I than I were you. Perhaps, however, in a time to be, When Man's extinct, a better world may see Your progeny in power and control, Due to the genesis and growth of Soul. So I salute you as a reptile grand Predestined to regenerate the land. Father of Possibilities, O deign To accept the homage of a dying reign! In the far region of the unforeknown I dream a tortoise upon every throne. I see an Emperor his head withdraw Into his carapace for fear of Law; A King who carries something else than fat, Howe'er acceptably he carries that; A President not strenuously bent On punishment of audible dissent -- Who never shot (it were a vain attack) An armed or unarmed tortoise in the back; Subject and citizens that feel no need To make the March of Mind a wild stampede; All progress slow, contemplative, sedate, And "Take your time" the word, in Church and State. O Tortoise, 'tis a happy, happy dream, My glorious testudinous regime! I wish in Eden you'd brought this about By slouching in and chasing Adam out.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Regenerate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 87.39% of the time. "Regenerate" is used about 119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	87.39%	104	31,955
Lexical Verb (base form)	6.72%	8	124,375
Adjective (general or positive)	5.88%	7	133,076
Total	100.00%	119	N/A

Expression using "regenerate": unregenerate vs regenerate unregenerated. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "regenerate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		rivendosem, ringjall (raise, raise from the dead, reactivate, reanimate, resurrect, resuscitate), rilindje (rebirth, renaissance, renascence, renewal, resurrection), rilind (revive, rise), rigjenerohet, përtërij (freshen, innovate, refurbish, rejuvenate, renew), i rilindur (renascent), i përtërirë (renewed). (various references)

Arabic		‏متجدد (modern, renewed, repeated), ‏حي (active, alive, animate, animated, block, district, existent, graphic, graphical, lifelike, live, lively, living, neighborhood, neighbourhood, nod, part, pictorial, picturesque, quarter, reanimate, recall, section, vivid, ward), ‏تجدد (be renewed, modernization, regeneration, rejuvenate, rejuvenation, renaissance, renewal, renovation, repeat, resurrection, revival), ‏جدد (freshen, furbish, innovate, modernize, reawaken, recondition, redeem, refurbish, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retrieve), ‏إنبعث (emanate, emit, escape, exhale, issue, waft), ‏بعث (bundle, cast, despatch, dispatch, forward, hand, hand over, mission, reanimate, recall, regeneration, renaissance, restoration, resurrect, resurrection, rise, risen, rising, send, send in, telegram). (various references)

Bulgarian		съживявам (animate, awake, enliven, galvanize, pull round, raise, rally, reanimate, renovate, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, revivify, wake), съживен, регенерирам (reclaim, recover, retread), възстановявам се (convalesce, pick up, recruit, recuperate, ride again), възстановявам (fix up, furbish, get better, give back, make good, mend, re establish, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, recover, reedify, re-enact, reinstate, renovate, repair, restore, revive, revivify), възраждам се (resuscitate), обновен (reborn), зареждам отново (recharge), прераждам се (reincarnate), духовно възроден. (various references)

Chinese		再�"� (regenerating, regeneration, Regenerative, reproductive). (various references)

Czech		regenerovat, obnovit (give back, re establish, rebuild, redintegrate, reinstate, renew, renovate, reproduce, restore, resume, retrieve, revamp, revive, rub up), oživit (animate, brighten up, enliven, inspirit, jazz, liven, quicken, reanimate, recapture, rejuvenate, retrieve, revive, spirit, vitalize, vivify). (various references)

Danish		regenerere. (various references)

Dutch		regenereren (reclaim, replenish). (various references)

Finnish		regeneroida, synnyttää uudelleen, palauttaa ennalleen (reestablish, restore), elvyttää (animate, enliven, quicken, restore, resuscitate, revive, stimulate). (various references)

French		régénérer (reclaim, replenish). (various references)

German		regenerieren (reclaim, recover, recycle, replenish, reshape, revitalize, to recycle, to regenerate, to rejuvenate, to reshape), erneuern (change, remake, renew, renovate, replace, restore, revive, to regenerate, to remake, to renew). (various references)

Greek		αναγεννώμαι, αναγεννώ (to rejuvenate), αναγεννηθείσ. (various references)

Hebrew		לחזור למוטב, ל�"תח�"ש (be renewed, renew oneself), ל�"פיח רוח חיים (enliven, ginger, invigorate, vitalize, vivify). (various references)

Hungarian		regenerátum, megifjít (to regenerate, to rejuvenate), megújított (renewed, renovated), megújít (reform, reiterate, renew, renovate, to reform, to regenerate, to renew, to renovate), újraképez (to reconstitute). (various references)

Indonesian		membarui (modernise, reform, refurbish, renew). (various references)

Italian		rigenerare (reclaim, restore, retread, to rejuvenate). (various references)

Korean		갱생자. (various references)

Manx		aavioghey (enlivenment, rally, renaissance, resurrect, resurrection, resuscitation, revival, revive), aaghiennaghtyn (regeneration). (various references)

Pig Latin		egenerateray

Portuguese		regenerar-se, regenerar (reclaim, renovate), regenerador (driver, regenerator, repeater), regenerado (reclaim, reclaimed), reformar moralmente, insuflar nova vida. (various references)

Romanian		reorganizat, regenerat, regenera, se regenera, se reface (reform), primeni (refresh, renew), ameliorat (amendable), înviora (engraft, enliven, exhilarate, fire, freshen, illuminate, invigorate, push, refresh, smarten up). (various references)

Russian		регенерировать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		regenerisati, regenerisan, preporoditi, preporođen (renascent), ponovo stvoriti (recreate). (various references)

Spanish		regenerar (reclaim). (various references)

Swedish		regenerera. (various references)

Thai		เกิ�"ใหม่, ทำให้เกิ�"ใหม่, ปฏิรูป, ซึ่งเกิ�"ใหม่ (reborn). (various references)

Turkish		rejenere etmek, yenilenmiş (reconditioned, rejuvenescent, renewed, renovated), yenilenmek (rejuvenesce), yeniden oluşmak, yeniden can vermek, tazelenmiş (renovated), hayat vermek (bring to life, inspirit, refresh, vitalize, vivify), düzeltmek (adjust, ameliorate, amend, arrange, better, clean up, correct, dub, emend, face-lift, fix, grade, grade up, haul up, heal, improve, justify, level, level off, level out, meliorate, mend, plane, planish, polish, polish up, reclaim, rectify, redress, refine, reform, remedy, reorganize, right, set aright, slick, smooth, smooth away, smooth down, smooth out, smooth over, Spruce, spruce up, Square, straighten, straighten out, tidy up, trim, try out, unbend, unscramble, upgrade), düzelmiş (improved, reformed), canlandırmak (accelerate, animate, arouse, brace, bring to life, brisk, brisk up, characterize, drum up, enact, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, furbish up, galvanize, ginger, ginger up, give a fresh impetus to, hearten, impersonate, innervate, inspire, inspirit, interpret, invigorate, jazz, jazz up, jog, key up, liven, liven up, pep up, perform, personalize, personate, personify, play, play the role of, portray, quicken, rake up, rally, recreate, refresh, represent, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rouse up, smarten, smarten up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, tone up, touch up, uplift, vitalize, vivify, wake, waken). (various references)

Ukranian		регенерувати, регенерований, відроджуватися (reappear, resurge, revive), відроджувати (revive), відроджений (newborn, reborn, renewed), перетворений (reformed). (various references)

Welsh		dadeni (reanimate, rebirth, renaissance, renascence), atgenhedlu, aileni (bear again), adeni (afterbirth, revival). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "regenerate": regenerated, regenerately, regenerateness, regeneratenesses, regenerates. (additional references)
	Words ending with "regenerate": unregenerate. (additional references)
	Words containing "regenerate": unregenerately. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Regenerate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: regenerat, revegetate, Rugenera. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "regenerate" (pronounced rēje"nerā't)
6	-j e" n er ā' t	generate.
5	-e" n er ā' t	venerate.
4	-n er ā' t	exonerate, incinerate.
3	-er ā' t	accelerate, adulterate, agglomerate, ameliorate, collaborate, commemorate, commiserate, cooperate, corroborate, decelerate, decorate, deteriorate, enumerate, evaporate, eviscerate, exaggerate, exasperate, exhilarate, federate, inaugurate, incarcerate, incorporate, invigorate, lacerate, liberate, obliterate, operate, perforate, proliferate, recuperate, redecorate, refrigerate, reincorporate, reinvigorate, reiterate, reverberate, saturate, separate, tolerate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-e-g-n-r-r-t"
	-2 letters: generate, teenager.
	-3 letters: eagerer, enterer, etagere, grantee, granter, greaten, greater, greener, greeter, negater, reagent, reenter, regrant, regrate, regreen, regreet, reneger, teenage, terrane, terreen, terrene.
	-4 letters: argent, earner, enrage, entera, entree, ergate, errant, eterne, garner, garnet, garret, garter, genera, gerent, grater, nearer, neater, negate, ranger, ranter, reearn, regear, regent, regret, renege, renter, retear, retene, tearer, teener, terrae.
	-5 letters: agene, agent, agree, anger, antre, arete, eager, eagre, eaten, eater, egret, enate, enter, genet, genre, gnarr, grant, grate, great, green, greet, ragee, ranee, range, rater, regna, rente, reran, retag, targe, tarre, tenge, terga, terne, terra, treen.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-e-g-n-r-r-t"
	+1 letter: regenerated, regenerates.
	+2 letters: regenerately, regenerative, unregenerate.
	+4 letters: regenerateness, unregenerately.
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