Category:Regenerate

Re*gen"er*ate (-t), a. Etym: [l. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to Regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See generate.]

1. Reproduced. The earthly author of my blood, whose youthful spirit, in me Regenerate, doth with a twofold vigor lift me up. Shak.

2. (theol.)

Defn: born anew; become christian; renovated in heart; changed from a Natural to a spiritual state.

Regenerate Re*gen"er*ate (r*jn"r*t), v. t.

1. To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, Strength, or vigor to. Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads. Regenerates the Plauts, and new adorns the meads. Blackmore.

2. (theol.)

Defn: to cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy Affections in the heart of.

3. Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or Condition of; as, to regenerate society.