单词 | regender |
释义 | regender1/ˌriːˈdʒɛndə/Now rare verb [with object] To recreate; to make again. In early use specifically: to cause tissue or skin to regrow. Compare re-engender. OriginLate Middle English; earliest use found in Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie. From re- + gender, after classical Latin regenerāre. Compare Old French regendrer to grow again. regender2/(ˌ)riːˈdʒɛndə/verb [with object] To assign a new gender to (a person, role, etc.); to change or redefine the roles ascribed to each gender in (a particular context). Origin1950s; earliest use found in Kenneth Tynan (1927–1980), theatre critic. From re- + gender. |
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