regenerate

[Lat. regeneratus, pa. par. of regenero: re-=again, and genero=to generate (q. v.).] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Reproduced. 'Whose youthful spirit in me regenerate." Shakesp.: Richard II., i. 3. 2. Improved; made stronger or better. (Opposed to degenerate.) "Who brought a race regenerate to the field." Scott: Don Roderick, xiv. II. Theol.: Regenerated. [REGENERATE, v ., 2.] "Such as be by his Holy Spirit regenerate ."-Bp. Gardner: Explicacion , fo. 9. re-gen-er-at-ed, pa. par. or adj. [REGENERΑΤΕ, ν.] regenerated-drift, s. Geol .: Drift originally laid down by ice, the pebbles remaining angular, but which has been subsequently subjected to the action of water, so that the pebbles have become rounded. Called also Drift-gravel. rě-gen-er-ate-ne , subst . [Eng. regenerate; -ne .) The quality or state of being regenerated. re-gen-er-ā-tion, *re-gen-er-a-ci-on, s. [Lat. reg ene ratio , from regeneratus , pa. par. of regenero ; Fr. régénération ; Sp. regeneracion ; Ital. regenera zione .] [REGENERATE, a.] ducing anew; the state of being reproduced. I. Ord. Lang.: The act of regenerating or pro IMG:content-0371.png:[blocks in formation] B. As substantive: regian *1. A ruler, a governor. 2. Specif .: One invested with vicarious authority, one who governs a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign. In hereditary governments the regent is usually, but not nece arily or always, the nearest relative of the sovereign who is capable of undertaking the office. 3. A member of a governing board; a trustee. 4. A member of one of the English Universities, having certain duties of instruction or government. At Cambridge the regents are all resident masters of le than four years' standing, and all doctors of le than two years' standing. At Oxford the period of regency is shorter. Masters and doctors of a longer standing, who keep their names on the college books, are termed Non-regents. At Oxford the regents compose the congregation, by whom degrees are conferred, and the ordinary busine of the University transacted. Together with the non regents they compose convocation (q. v.). At Cambridge the regents compose the upper, and the non-regents the lower house of the senate or governing body. 5. In the State of New York, a member of a corporate body, consisting of twenty-one members, which is invested with the superintendence of all the colleges, academies, and schools in the state which are supported in whole or in part by public funds. regent-bird, s. Ornith.: Sericulus chrysocephalus, a Bower-bird of extremely beautiful plumage. In the adult male it is golden-yellow and rich velvet-black; the female is of more sober hue, all the upper surface being deep olive-brown eg eggs apparently two, that moved. In some of the inferior animals an organ or a limb can thus be supplied; in man regenera- tion is much more limited in its operation. Thus, when a breach of continuity takes place in a number of young birds muscle, it is repaired by a new growth of connect having been repeatedly ive ti ue, but muscular substance like that lost is not restored. Nerve, fibrous, areolar, and epithel. ial ti ues are more easily repaired. 2. Script . & Theol .: The state of being born again, i. e., in a spiritual manner. The word regeneration, Gr. palingenesia, occurs twice in the A. V. and R. V. of the New Testament. In Matt. xix. 28, if con nected, as seems natural, with the words which follow, not with those which precede it, it refers to the renovation or restoration of all things which shall take place at the second advent of Christ. The other pa age is: "Not by works done in righteousne which did our selves, but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing [margin, laver] of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost." -Titus iii. 5 (R. V.). The doctrine of regeneration was formally expounded by Jesus in his interview with Nicodemus Spirit the author of regeneration. Two views exist (John iii. 1-10). All theologians consider the Holy as to the relation between baptism and the new birth. One considers the water in John iii. 5, and the washing or laver of Titus iii. 5, to be that of baptism, and that the administration of the rite of baptism is immediately followed or accompanied by what is called in consequence "baptismal regeneration." The other view is that the water, washing, and laver, in these pa ages, are but figurative allusions to the power of the Holy Spirit in removing the corruption of the heart, and that regeneration is effected quite independently of baptism by the Holy Spirit alone. rě-gen-er-ā-tive, a . [Eng. regenerat (e); -ive.] Regenerating; tending to regenerate; regeneratory. "The struggling regenerative proce in her." -G. Eliot : Daniel Deronda, ch. lxv. rě-gen-er-ā-tive-lý, adv . [Eng. regenerative ; -ly .] In a regenerative manner; so as to regenerate. rě-gen-er-ā-tör, s . [English regenerat(e); -or.] One who regenerates. "He is not his own regenerator , or parent at all, in his new birth."- Water land : Works , vi. 349. re-gen-er-ā-tōr-y, a. [Eng. regenerat (e); -ory.] Having the power to regenerate or renew; regener ative. IMG:content-0372.png:[blocks in formation] found. The bower of the Regent-bird (which derives its popular name from the fact that it was discovered during the regency of the Prince of Wales, afterward George IV.) is smaller and le Regent-bird. dome-shaped than that of the Satin-bird, and the decorations are uniform, consisting only of the shells of a small species of Helix. It is sometimes, but erroneously, called the Regent-oriole. *regent-oriole, s . [REGENT-BIRD.]