Regenerate



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 改过自新的, 新生的
• ［英］ adj. 改过自新的, 新生的 ( spiritually reborn or converted)
• ［类］ truculent : gentleness / unregenerate : remorse ( 凶猛的不温顺 / 不悔改的不懊悔)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) +generate ( 产生) -> 新生的

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English regenerat, from Latin regeneratus, past participle of regenerare to regenerate, from re- + generare to beget — more at generate
• Date: 15th century
• 1. formed or created again
• 2. spiritually reborn or converted
• 3. restored to a better, higher, or more worthy state
• ? regenerately adverb
• ? regenerateness noun

II. *Date: 1541

• intransitive verb
  • 1. to become formed again
  • 2. to become regenerate ; reform
  • 3. to undergo regeneration
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to subject to spiritual regeneration
    • b. to change radically and for the better
  • 2.
    • a. to generate or produce anew; especially to replace (a body part) by a new growth of tissue
    • b. to produce again chemically sometimes in a physically changed form
  • 3. to restore to original strength or properties
• ? regenerable adjective

III. noun

• Date: circa 1569
• one that is regenerated: as
  • a. an individual who is spiritually reborn
  • b.
    • (1) an organism that has undergone regeneration
    • (2) a regenerated body part

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