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re⋅gen⋅er⋅a⋅tor

  [ri-jen-uh-rey-ter]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that regenerates.
2. (in a regenerative furnace) a chamber filled with checkerwork that is repeatedly heated by exhaust gases in order to heat air that is passed through it.
Origin:
1730–40; regenerate + -or 2
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re·gen·er·ate   (rĭ-jěn'ə-rāt')   
v.   re·gen·er·at·ed, re·gen·er·at·ing, re·gen·er·ates

v.   tr.

  1. To reform spiritually or morally.

  2. To form, construct, or create anew, especially in an improved state.

  3. To give new life or energy to; revitalize.

  4. Biology To replace (a lost or damaged organ or part) by formation of new tissue.

v.   intr.

  1. To become formed or constructed again.

  2. To undergo spiritual conversion or rebirth; reform.

  3. To effect regeneration.

n.   (-ər-ĭt)

  1. One who is spiritually reborn.

  2. Biology A regenerated organ or part.

adj.   (-ər-ĭt)

  1. Spiritually or morally reformed.

  2. Formed or created anew.

  3. Restored to a better state; refreshed or renewed.


[Latin regenerāre, regenerāt-, to reproduce : re-, re- + generāre, to beget; see generate.]
re·gen'er·a·ble (-ər-ə-bəl) adj., re·gen'er·ate·ly adv., re·gen'er·a'tor n.
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