regenerate
regenerate is a 10-letter English word with 15 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Reproduced. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Reproduced.
- adjective. Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.
- transitive verb. To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.
- verb. restore strength
"This food revitalized the patient"
- verb. undergo regeneration
- verb. form or produce anew
"regenerate hatred"
- verb. be formed or shaped anew
- verb. replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue
"The snake regenerated its tail"
- verb. return to life; get or give new life or energy
"The week at the spa restored me"
- verb. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
"The Church reformed me"
"reform your conduct"
- verb. amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit
- verb. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new
"We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"
"They renewed their membership"
- adjective. reformed spiritually or morally
"a regenerate sinner"
"regenerate by redemption from error or decay"
Synonyms
revitalize, rejuvenate, restore, reclaim, rectify, reform, renew
Common word forms
regenerated, regenerates, regenerately, regenerating, regenerateness
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