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reˈgerminate, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
To germinate again. Hence reˈgerminating ppl. a.
1623Cockeram, Regerminate, to spring againe. 1656Blount Glossogr., Regerminate, to burgen again, to spring anew, to grow a fresh. 1753Smollett Ct. Fathom (1784) 100/1 Even amidst the rank productions of vice, they regerminate to a sort of imperfect vegetation. 1794T. Taylor Pausanias III. 54 This tree regerminates perpetually. 1826Good Bk. Nature I. 187 This organ will regerminate and the whole plant be renewed. 1881W. Siemens in Nature No. 624. 568 The resulting seeds are not at any rate devoid of regerminating power.
So regermiˈnation.
1646J. Gregory Notes & Obs. xxvi. 124 The Jewes commonly expresse Resurrection by Regermination, or growing up again like a Plant. 1658in Phillips. 1731in Bailey vol. II. 1819 G. S. Faber Dispensations (1823) II. 104 He expresses an assured hope, that the time of his renovation or regermination would come. 1849Fraser's Mag. XL. 188 The paschal eggs, symbol of vital essence and regermination, are rolled upon the turf. |