Regenerate /(-?t)/

Re·gen·er·ate

Regenerate

a.
  1. Reproduced.
    The earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up.
  2. Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state. (Theol.)

Regenerate

v. t.
  1. 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.
  2. 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. (Theol.)
  3. Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society.