01 n. The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
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The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
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The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart.(Theol.)“He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Chost.” — Tit. iii. 5.
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The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.(Biol.)
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The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle.(Physiol.)