▪ I. † reˈnate, ppl. a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. renāt-us, pa. pple. of renascī.]
Reborn, reincarnate.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 39/43 Renate, renatus. c 1614 Fletcher, etc. Wit at Sev. Weap. i. ii, And to confirm yourself in me renate, I hope you'll find my wits legitimate! 1660 Stanley Hist. Philos. ix. (1701) 428/2 So one man often renate, is named æthalides, Euphorbus, Hermotimus, Pyrrhus, and lastly Pythagoras. |
▪ II. † reˈnate, v. Obs. rare.
[f. L. renāt-, ppl. stem of renascī: see renascent.]
a. pass. To be born again. b. intr. To form again.
| c 1546 Joye in Gardiner Declar. Joye (1546) 91 b, Thus we electe, called & renated of the Spirit, know y⊇ father in Christ. a 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VII 32 A pernicious fable and ficcion..to feyne a dead man to be renated and newely borne agayne. 1578 Banister Hist. Man viii. 104 The watrie humor being effused may renate or grow agayne. |