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語源

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

発音

Adjective

• IPA: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹɪt/

Verb

• IPA: /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/

動詞

regenerate (third-person singular simple present regenerates, present participle regenerating, simple past and past participle 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.

同意語

• (make anew): re-create
• (revitalize): rejuvenate

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “make anew”): uncreate, ungenerate
• (antonym(s) of “revitalize”): degenerate (verb)

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, [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 (plural regenerates)

1. One who is spiritually reborn.

動詞

regenerāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of regenerō