Definitions for regenerate

regenerate re·gen·er·ate

Spelling: [verb ri-jen-uh-reyt; adjective ri- Regenerate is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 223 anagrams from letters in regenerate (aeeeegnrrt).

Definitions for regenerate

adjective

  1. reconstituted or made over in a better form.
  2. reformed.
  3. Theology. born again spiritually.

verb (used with object)

  1. to effect a complete moral reform in.
  2. to re-create, reconstitute, or make over, especially in a better form or condition.
  3. to revive or produce anew; bring into existence again.
  4. Biology. to renew or restore (a lost, removed, or injured part).
  5. Physics. to restore (a substance) to a favorable state or physical condition.
  6. Electronics. to magnify the amplification of, by relaying part of the output circuit power into the input circuit.
  7. Theology. to cause to be born again spiritually.

verb (used without object)

  1. to come into existence or be formed again.
  2. to reform; become regenerate.
  3. to produce a regenerative effect.
  4. to undergo regeneration.

Origin of regenerate

1425-75; late Middle English (adj.) Latin regenerātus, past participle of regenerāre to bring forth again, equivalent to re- re- + generātus; see Examples for regenerate

"You say you're regenerated—go ahead and regenerate the church," he said.

It is something that was born into the world, not to please it but to regenerate it.

Every regenerate soul is by one Spirit baptized into this one body.

And the Irish people must be allowed to regenerate themselves.

He made the moth his starting-point in seeking to regenerate the race.

That kind of browsing was a purely visual experience that usually cleared my mind, allowing it to regenerate.

It began to regenerate as soon as American forces left Iraq.

And the baddies, who light up, regenerate body parts, and occasionally overheat and explode, are pretty silly.

That class of people has the natural tendency to regenerate according to Bellow.

When God wants to regenerate the world, He begins with the family.

Word Value for regenerate
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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