regenerate
pronunciation
How to pronounce regenerate in British English:
UK [rɪˈdʒenəreɪt]
How to pronounce regenerate in American English:
US [rɪˈdʒɛnəˌret]
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- Verb:
- re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
- 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
- return to life; get or give new life or energy
- replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue
- be formed or shaped anew
- form or produce anew
- undergo regeneration
- restore strength
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- Adjective:
- reformed spiritually or morally
Word Origin
- regenerate (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Latin regeneratus, past participle of regenerare "bring forth again" (see regeneration).
- regenerate (v.)
- 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.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Planarian flatworms divide and regenerate indefinitely - even growing new brains
- 2. The influx of cash and credit will regenerate global activity , increasing the real value of most of these assets .
- 3. The city 's leaders hope that will be the final touch to their " big city plan " to regenerate the eastside .
- 4. Like shark and dinosaur teeth they would break , but then regenerate .
- 5. All animals can regenerate to some degree .