1 [VN] to make an area, institution, etc. develop and grow strong again:
The money will be used to regenerate the commercial heart of the town.
2 (biology) to grow again; to make sth grow again:
[V] Once destroyed, brain cells do not regenerate. * [VN] If the woodland is left alone, it will regenerate itself in a few years.
regeneration noun [U]:
economic / environmental regeneration * the regeneration of cells in the body
regenerative adjective:
the regenerative powers of nature
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