different between regenerate vs regenerated

English

Alternative forms

• regen (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin regener?tus, perfect participle of regener?.

Pronunciation

Adjective

Verb

• IPA^(key): /?i??d??n??e?t/

Verb

regenerate (third-person singular simple present regenerates, present participle regenerating, simple past and past participle regenerated)

1. (transitive) To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
2. (transitive) To revitalize.
3. (transitive, biology) To replace lost or damaged tissue.
4. (intransitive) To become reconstructed.
5. (intransitive) To undergo a spiritual rebirth.
6. (intransitive) Of a water softener: to flush out the minerals extracted from the water supply.

Related terms

• regeneration
• regenerative

Translations

Adjective

regenerate (not comparable)

1. Spiritually reborn.
2. (obsolete) Reproduced.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?ener?ate/

Verb

regenerate

1. present adverbial passive participle of regeneri

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /re?ene?rate/

Verb

regenerate

1. adverbial present passive participle of regenerar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /re.?e.ne?ra?.te/, [r???n???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /re.d??e.ne?ra.te/, [r?d???n?????t??]

Verb

regener?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of regener?

English

Etymology

From regenerate +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??d??n??e?t?d/

Verb

regenerated

1. simple past tense and past participle of regenerate

Adjective

regenerated (comparative more regenerated, superlative most regenerated)

1. Spiritually made again; reborn.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 12:

     She declared her helpmate to be a limb of Antichrist, and one with whom no regenerated person could associate.

2. Physically formed or created again; restored, remade, revived.
3. (biology, medicine) Formed by regeneration.
   • 1928, Aldous Huxley, Point Counter-Point:

     The little bud of regenerated tissue which would normally have grown into a new tail had been removed.

4. (chemistry, textiles) Reprecipitated after chemical treatment, especially in the form of fibres; pertaining to fibres prepared in this way.