regenerateとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin regenerātus, perfect passive participle of regenerō, from re- +‎ generō, from genus, generis (“descent, origin, birth”) +‎ -ō.

発音

Adjective

Verb

• IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/

動詞

regenerate (三人称単数 現在形 regenerates, 現在分詞 regenerating, 過去形および過去分詞形 regenerated)

1. (transitive) To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
2. (transitive) To revitalize.
3. (transitive, biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.
4. (intransitive) To become reconstructed.
5. (intransitive) To undergo a spiritual rebirth.
6. (intransitive) Of a water softener: to flush out the minerals extracted from the water supply.

関連する語

• regeneration
• regenerative

形容詞

regenerate (not comparable)

1. Spiritually reborn.
2. (obsolete) Reproduced.
   • 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii]:

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

名詞

regenerate (複数形 regenerates)

1. One who is spiritually reborn.

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.ɡe.neˈraː.te/, [rɛɡɛnɛˈräːt̪ɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.d͡ʒe.neˈra.te/, [red͡ʒeneˈräːt̪e]

動詞

regenerāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of regenerō