Syn. -- Heedless; negligent; careless; indifferent; unconcerned;
inattentive; unobservant; neglectful.
-- Re*gard"less*ly, adv. -- Re*gard"less*ness, n.
Re*gath"er (r?*g?th"?r), v. t. To gather again.
Re*gat"ta (r?*g?t"t?), n.; pl. Regattas (-t&?;z). [It. regatta,
regata.] Originally, a gondola race in Venice; now, a rowing or sailing
race, or a series of such races.
Re"gel (r?"g?l), n. (Astron.) See Rigel.
Re"ge*late (r?"j?*l?t or r?j"?-), v. i. (Physics) To freeze together
again; to undergo regelation, as ice.
Re`ge*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n. [Pref. re- + L. gelatio a freezing.]
(Physics) The act or process of freezing anew, or together,as two
pieces of ice.
Two pieces of ice at (or even) 32&?; Fahrenheit, with moist surfaces,
placed in contact, freeze together to a rigid mass. This is called
regelation. Faraday.
Re"gence (r?"jens), n. Rule. [Obs.] Hudibras.
Re"gen*cy (r?*jen*s?), n.; pl. Regencies (-s&?;z). [CF. F. régence, LL.
regentia. See Regent, a.] 1. The office of ruler; rule; authority;
government.
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.
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.
A council or regency consisting of twelve persons.
Lowth.
Re*gen"er*a*cy (r?*j?n"?r*?*s?), n. [See Regenerate.] The state of
being regenerated. Hammond.
Re*gen"er*ate (-?t), a. [L. regeneratus, p. p. of regenerare to
regenerate; pref. re- re- + generare to beget. See Generate.] 1.
Reproduced.
The earthly author of my blood, Whose youthful spirit, in me
regenerate, Doth with a twofold vigor lift me up.
Shak.
2. (Theol.) Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed
from a natural to a spiritual state.
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Re*gen"er*ate (r?*j?n"?r*?t), v. t. 1. To generate or produce anew; to
reproduce; to give new life, strength, or vigor to.
Through all the soil a genial fferment spreads. Regenerates the
plauts, and new adorns the meads.
Blackmore.
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.
3. Hence, to make a radical change for the better in the character or
condition of; as, to regenerate society.
Re*gen"er*ate*ness (-?t*n?s), n. The quality or state of being
rgenerate.
Re*gen`er*a"tion (-?"sh?n), n. [L. regeneratio: cf. F. régéneration.]
1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
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.
He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Chost.
Tit. iii. 5.
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.
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.
Re*gen"er*a*tive (r?*j?n"?r*?*t?v), a. Of or pertaining to
regeneration; tending to regenerate; as, regenerative influences. H.
Bushnell.
Regenerative furnace (Metal.), a furnace having a regenerator in which
gas used for fuel, and air for supporting combustion, are heated; a
Siemens furnace.
Re*gen"er*a*tive*ly, adv. So as to regenerate.
Re*gen"er*a`tor (-?`t?r), n. 1. One who, or that which, regenerates.
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.
Re*gen"er*a*to*ry (-?*t?*r?), a. Having power to renew; tending to
reproduce; regenerating. G. S. Faber.
Re*gen"e*sis (-?*s?s), n. New birth; renewal.
A continued regenesis of dissenting sects.
H. Spenser.
Re"gent (r?"jent), a. [L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of regere to rule: cf.
F. régent. See Regiment.] 1. Ruling; governing; regnant. "Some other
active regent principle . . . which we call the soul." Sir M. Hale.