† reˈgender, v. Obs.
[f. re- 5 a + gender v., after L. regenerāre: see next.]
trans. To beget again; to make or create afresh; to form anew. (Cf. re-engender.) Hence reˈgendered ppl. a., reˈgendering vbl. n. and ppl. a.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 38 If þat a leche wolde bisie him..to regendre fleisch in a wounde. Ibid. 211 Mundificatiuis..wiþ regendring þingis & drijng þingis. 1532 More Confut. Tindale Wks. 431/1 Enabling the new regendred creature to inheritaunce of heauen. 1533 ― Apol. 54 The regendrynge of the soule by fayth. 1582 Stanyhurst æneis ii. (Arb.) 59 With toonge three forcked furth spirts fyre freshlye regendred. 1597 Lowe Chirurg. ii. i. (1634) 39 The continuall inspiration..for their refreshing, as also for the regendring of the spirit Animall. |