n. Rule. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Regencies [ CF. F. régence, LL. regentia. See Regent, a. ] 1. The office of ruler; rule; authority; government. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability. [ 1913 Webster ]

A council or regency consisting of twelve persons. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Regenerate. ] The state of being regenerated. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate. ] 1. Reproduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earthly author of my blood,
Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate,
Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To generate or produce anew; to reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads.
Regenerates the plauts, and new adorns the meads. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) To cause to be spiritually born anew; to cause to become a Christian; to convert from sin to holiness; to implant holy affections in the heart of. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or condition of; as, to regenerate society. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being rgenerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. regeneratio: cf. F. régéneration. ] 1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Chost. Tit. iii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Physiol.) (a) 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. (b) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. H. Bushnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a Siemens furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to regenerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, regenerates. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) A device used in connection with hot-air engines, gas-burning furnaces, etc., in which the incoming air or gas is heated by being brought into contact with masses of iron, brick, etc., which have been previously heated by the outgoing, or escaping, hot air or gas. [ 1913 Webster ]