regenerare

regenerare [CL] 1 to cause to be reproduced or formed afresh, to cause to regrow, to regenerate. [unguentum] mire tyneam destruit et capillos ~at ut bis in septimana opus caput radi Gilb. II 83v. 1; vulneri superponantur, quia sanguinem stringit et carnem ~at et vulnus consolidat Gad. 124. 1. 2 to renew, to cause to be born again (spiritually, usu. w. ref. to baptism). ‘pater domini nostri Jesu Christi, qui per magnam misericordiam suam ~avit nos in spem vitae aeternae’ Gildas EB 106 (= I Petr. i 3); parturientis gratiae vulva in baptisterio ~atus [gl.: i. baptizatus] Aldh. VirgP 43; didicit se aqua baptismatis non esse ~atum Bede HE III 23; puerum ‥ ex peccatrice ‥ progenitum, sacro fonte ~atum Osb. V. Dunst. 35; vos a peccatis abluti et prima regeneratione ~ati Anselm Misc. 312; 1298 degeneres filios ‥ sancta mater ecclesia ~ans et eos suis lactans uberibus Reg. Cant. I 225; s1452 fili per graciam jam ~ate ad salutem Amund. I 87.