- The act of regenerating, or the state of being
regenerated. - 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. - 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. - 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. - The union of parts which have been severed, so that
they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.
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