rĕ-gĕnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit., to bring forth again , reproduce (Pliny and eccl. Lat.): signa quaedam naevosque et cicatrices etiam regenerari, Plin. 7, 11, 10, § 50: platani satae regeneravere vitium, id. 12, 1, 5, § 11.—
II Transf., to bring forth something similar , to represent : ipse avum regeneravit Aethiopem, represented , resembled , Plin. 7, 12, 10, § 51; so, patrem Tiberium, id. 14, 22, 28, § 145.—
III Trop., to regenerate , Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 3.