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.
Derivatives:
regeneration n. regenerative adj. regeneratively adv. regenerator n.
Etymology: L regenerare (as RE-, GENERATE)