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   regenerate

   verb

   • 1. (of a living organism) grow (new tissue) after loss or damage: "the lizard has to find the wherewithal to regenerate its tail"
   • ▪ (of an organ or tissue) grow again: "once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate"
   • 2. bring new and more vigorous life to (an area, industry, institution, etc.); revive, especially in economic terms: "the money will be used to regenerate the heart of the town"
   • ▪ bring into renewed existence; generate again: "the issue was regenerated last month"
   • ▪ (especially in Christian use) give a new and higher spiritual nature to: "he believed that it was possible to regenerate people"
   • 3. precipitate (a natural polymer, especially cellulose or a protein) as fibres following chemical processing: "methods were developed to regenerate the cellulose for use as fibres"

   adjective

   • 1. reformed or reborn, especially in a spiritual or moral sense: "he was not truly regenerate"

   Word Origin late Middle English (as an adjective): from Latin regeneratus ‘created again’, past participle of regenerare, from re- ‘again’ + generare ‘create’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. regenerator noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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