REGENERATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regenerate mean? 

• REGENERATE (adjective)
  The adjective REGENERATE has 1 sense:

1. reformed spiritually or morally

  Familiarity information: REGENERATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• REGENERATE (verb)
  The verb REGENERATE has 9 senses:

1. reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new

2. amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit

3. bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

4. return to life; get or give new life or energy

5. replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue

6. be formed or shaped anew

7. form or produce anew

8. undergo regeneration

9. restore strength

  Familiarity information: REGENERATE used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGENERATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reformed spiritually or morally

Context example:

regenerate by redemption from error or decay

Similar:

born-again; reborn (spiritually reborn or converted)

reformed (caused to abandon an evil manner of living and follow a good one)

Also:

saved (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin)

Antonym:

unregenerate (not reformed morally or spiritually)

• REGENERATE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

regenerate; renew

Context example:

They renewed their membership

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

re-create (create anew)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regenerate"):

replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected))

freshen up; refurbish; renovate (make brighter and prettier)

revamp (to patch up or renovate; repair or restore)

remold; remould; retread (give new treads to (a tire))

renovate; restitute (restore to a previous or better condition)

freshen; refresh (make (to feel) fresh)

revitalise; revitalize (give new life or vigor to)

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore (return to life; get or give new life or energy)

modernise; modernize; overhaul (make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to)

reconstruct; restore (return to its original or usable and functioning condition)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

regeneration (forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Amplify (an electron current) by causing part of the power in the output circuit to act upon the input circuit

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

regeneration (feedback in phase with (augmenting) the input)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

reclaim; rectify; reform; regenerate

Context example:

reform your conduct

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

reform; see the light; straighten out (change for the better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regenerate"):

moralise; moralize (improve the morals of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Return to life; get or give new life or energy

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore

Context example:

The week at the spa restored me

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

regenerate; renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regenerate"):

reincarnate; renew (cause to appear in a new form)

resurrect; revive (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

regeneration (the activity of spiritual or physical renewal)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The snake regenerated its tail

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

re-create (create anew)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

regeneration ((biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Be formed or shaped anew

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

form; spring; take form; take shape (develop into a distinctive entity)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

regeneration (forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Form or produce anew

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

regenerate hatred

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Undergo regeneration

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regenerate"):

rejuvenate (become young again)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

regeneration (forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting)

regeneration ((biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Restore strength

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

regenerate; revitalize

Context example:

This food revitalized the patient

Hypernyms (to "regenerate" is one way to...):

ameliorate; amend; better; improve; meliorate (to make better)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "regenerate"):

rejuvenate (make younger or more youthful)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

The good news will regenerate her

 Context examples 

Taken together, these results suggest that LPL might be used to direct stem cells in human teeth to regenerate dentin.

(Laser Therapy Prompts Regeneration in Teeth, NIH)

These cells then work together to regenerate a tail of the right size, pattern and cell composition.

(Scientists find new type of cell that helps tadpoles’ tails regenerate, University of Cambridge)

Inhibiting Stat3 in the regenerating muscles of aged mice accelerated tissue repair.

(Controlling Muscle Repair, NIH)

People suffering from heart failure can’t regenerate their damaged hearts and the only cure is a heart transplant.

(New stem cell combination could help to repair damaged hearts, University of Cambridge)

Acetylcysteine regenerates liver stores of glutathione.

(Acetylcysteine, NCI Thesaurus)

It is composed of cells which have the ability to regenerate.

(Liver, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-neoplastic, regenerating hepatocellular hyperplasia, secondary to the presence of focal vascular abnormalities in the liver.

(Focal Nodular Hyperplasia of the Liver, NCI Thesaurus)

Dimercaprol reverses the enzyme inhibition by chelating the metal and regenerates free sulfhydryl groups, thereby preventing and reversing the metals toxic effects.

(Dimercaprol, NCI Thesaurus)

This is the first time anyone has shown how liver cells safely regenerate.

(Newly discovered cells restore liver damage in mice without cancer risk, NIH)

The scientists discovered that these cells regenerate differently than their counterparts do after a blood cell transplant.

(Cellular barcoding helps scientists understand the behavior of stem cells, National Institutes of Health)