v. & adj.
v. 1 tr. & intr. bring or come into renewed existence; generate again. 2 tr. improve the moral condition of. 3 tr. impart new, more vigorous, and spiritually greater life to (a person or institution etc.). 4 intr. reform oneself. 5 tr. invest with a new and higher spiritual nature. 6 intr. & tr. Biol. regrow or cause (new tissue) to regrow to replace lost or injured tissue. 7 tr. & intr. Chem. restore or be restored to an initial state of reaction or process.
adj. 1 spiritually born again. 2 reformed. regeneration n. regenerative adj. regeneratively adv. regenerator n.
[ L regenerare (as RE-, GENERATE) ]