REGENERATE

a. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Reproduced. The earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up. Shak.

2.
a.

Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.

3.
v.

To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to. Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads. Regenerates the plauts, and new adorns the meads. Blackmore.

4.
v.

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.

5.
v.

Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.

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