Dictionary entry

Regenerate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐gen″er‐ate (–?t), a. [L. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate.] 1. Reproduced.

The earthly author of my blood,

Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate,

Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up. Shak.

2. (Theol.) Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.