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regenerateregenerate /riˈdʒɛnəˌreɪt/ verb VERB TABLEregenerate |
Present | I, you, we, they | regenerate | | he, she, it | regenerates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | regenerated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have regenerated | | he, she, it | has regenerated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had regenerated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will regenerate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have regenerated |
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Present | I | am regenerating | | he, she, it | is regenerating | | you, we, they | are regenerating | Past | I, he, she, it | was regenerating | | you, we, they | were regenerating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been regenerating | | he, she, it | has been regenerating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been regenerating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be regenerating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been regenerating |
1[transitive] formal to make something develop and grow strong again, especially something such as an economy, business, etc.: The Marshall Plan sought to regenerate the shattered Europe of 1947.2[intransitive, transitive] science, biology to grow again after having been damaged, or to make something grow again: Given time, the forest will regenerate itself. Brain cells cannot regenerate once they are destroyed.—regenerative /-nəˌreɪt̮ɪv, -nərət̮ɪv/ adjective—regeneration /rɪˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən, ˌridʒɛn-/ noun [uncountable] |