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One who redeems himself, as from debt or servitude.

One who distrains again.

One who, or that which, refines.

The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar.

One who refrains.

The state of being regenerated. Hammond.

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

The quality or state of being rgenerate.

The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.

Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. H. Bushnell. Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace.

So as to regenerate.

One who, or that which, regenerates.

Having power to renew; tending to reproduce; regenerating. G. S. Faber.

One who reigns. [R.]

The thin membrane which separates the canal of the cochlea from the vestibular scala in the internal ear.

A religionist. [R.]

Admitting, or worthy, of remuneration. -- Re*mu`ner*a*bil"i*ty (r, n.

for any service, loss, expense, or other sacrifice; to recompense; to requite; as, to remunerate men for labor.

The act of remunerating.

Affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business. -Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ly, adv. -- Re*mu"ner*a*tive*ness, n.