 regenerate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] undergo regeneration | |
| Related terms: | change rejuvenate regeneration | |
| 2. | [ verb ] form or produce anew | |
| Examples: | "regenerate hatred" |
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| Related terms: | make | |
| 3. | [ verb ] be formed or shaped anew | |
| Related terms: | form re-formation | |
| 4. | [ verb ] restore strength | |
| Synonyms: | revitalize | |
| Examples: | "This food revitalized the patient" |
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| Related terms: | better reform rejuvenate | |
| 5. | [ verb ] replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue | |
| Examples: | "The snake regenerated its tail" |
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| Related terms: | re-create regeneration | |
| 6. | [ verb ] return to life; get or give new life or energy | |
| Synonyms: | restore rejuvenate | |
| Examples: | "The week at the spa restored me" |
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| Related terms: | renew revive rejuvenation | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (religion) bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one | |
| Synonyms: | reclaim rectify reform | |
| Examples: | "The Church reformed me" "reform your conduct" |
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| Related terms: | change convert moralise reform reform reformer reclamation | |
| 8. | [ verb ] amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit | |
| Related terms: | increase positive_feedback | |
| 9. | [ verb ] re-establish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new | |
| Synonyms: | renew | |
| Examples: | "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years" "They renewed their membership" |
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| Related terms: | re-create replace restore overhaul revamp refurbish renovate retread revitalize refresh renewal | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] reformed spiritually or morally | |
| Examples: | "a regenerate sinner" "regenerate by redemption from error or decay" |
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| Related terms: | unregenerate born-again reformed saved | |
| 11. | [ verb ] restore strength | |
| Synonyms: | revitalize | |
| Examples: | "This food revitalized the patient" |
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| Related terms: | better rejuvenate | |
| Similar spelling: |
regeneration regenerating Reisner reckoner reasoner |
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