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单词 re-engender
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re-engenderv.

Brit. /ˌriːᵻnˈdʒɛndə/, /ˌriːɛnˈdʒɛndə/, U.S. /ˌriənˈdʒɛndər/
Forms: see re- prefix and engender v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, engender v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + engender v., in later use frequently after French rengendrer to engender again, to regenerate (13th cent. in Old French).
transitive. To engender again (in various senses).
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > anew
regendera1400
re-engender1545
return1559
instaurate1583
new-make1585
recreate1587
remake1603
regenerate1607
new-create1608
reproduce1611
reconstruct1762
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [verb (transitive)] > regenerate
regenerate?1541
re-engender1545
stint1735
develop1742
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde Prol. sig. Dvv Ye thynne or superficial skyn, skale it, or fall it of, neuer so often, yet in the place of it, is reingendryd nue.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 174 A Worme, an Egge then, then a Bird with wings, Iust like the first (rather the same indeed) Which re-ingendred of it's selfly seed By noblely dying a new Date begins.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rengendrer, to reingender.
1751 tr. J. J. Rousseau Discourse Arts & Sci. 35 What star may be inhabited, what insects reingender themselves in an extraordinary manner..?
1793 E. Habesci Objects Interesting to Eng. Nation I. 219 They..had the universal germen, each in its kind, to re-engender themselves singly.
1837 K. Thomson Lady Annabetta xv. 226 She thought all those diseases separately and singly might be re-engendered by the long, dark, gloomy corridor.
1872 A. Stahr in W. Smith Dict. Greek & Rom. Biogr. & Mythol. (new ed.) I. 339 Natural science considers the formative principles which in motion and change continually reengender themselves.
1932 H. de Wilman-Grabowska in J. Hackin et al. Asiatic Mythol. 138 It is upon Sesha..that Vishnu reclines when he sleeps the fecundating sleep that is to re-engender the world.
1957 J. Maritain On Philos. of Hist. i. 22 He was busy reengendering the whole of reality.
2008 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Jan. (Features section) 57 A lot of those communities need a lot of support to re-engender a feeling of pride and self-esteem.

Derivatives

re-enˈgenderer n. [after French †rengendreur (1606)] Obsolete rare
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rengendreur, a reingendrer.
re-enˈgendering adj. rare
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1641 J. Milton Animadversions 35 As if a man should taxe the renovating and re-ingendring Spirit of God with innovation.
1860 T. W. Collins Humanics i. 68 That Life, Vitality, or Vegetality, is the enlarging vortex..of chemical elements and physical forces upon a predetermined and re-engendering type.
2003 F. Moten In Break i. 41 Such production..is the unfinished, continually re-en-gendered, actively re-engendering project of the black..avant-garde.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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