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Definition of Regeneration

Regeneration The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated. The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart. The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs. The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle. The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve. Related Definitions: Act, Anatomically, And, Are, As, Become, Becoming, Been, Being, Body, By, Change, Characteristic, Christian, Continual, Contractile, Destroyed, Entering, Epithelial, Especially, For, Have, Heart, Holy, Has, In, Into, Life, Lost, Lower, Made, Many, Muscle, Nerve, New, Of, Opposite, Or, Ordinary, Part, Perfect, Process, Re-Formation, Regeneration, Removed, Renewal, Reproduction, Severed, So, Spiritual, State, Substance, Substituted, That, The, They, Union, Up, Used, Which

Regeneration Quotations The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education. Jean de la Bruyere Earth teach me to forget myself as melted snow forgets its life. Earth teach me resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach me courage as the tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring. William Alexander It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration. Edsger Dijkstra The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration. Carol P. Christ The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero. Maxwell Anderson

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