Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-GEN'ER-ATE, v.t. [L. regenero; re and genero. See Generate.]

1. To generate or produce anew; to reproduce. Through all the soil a genial ferment spreads, / Regenerates the plants and new adorns the meads. – Blackmore.
2. In theology, to renew the heart by a change of affections, to change the heart and affections from natural enmity to the love of God; to implant holy affections in the heart. – Scott. Addison.