Past tense of regenerate
regular verb
The past tense of regenerate is regenerated. The past participle is also regenerated.
Forms of regenerate
| Base form (V1) | regenerate /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | regenerated /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | regenerated /ɹiːˈd͡ʒɛnəɹeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | regenerating |
| Third person singular | regenerates |
Regenerated in a sentence
- The combination of air and nakedness present in the airbath regenerated shattered neves.2005, Chad Ross, Naked Germany: health, race and the nation, page 96. From the entry airbath
- One myth speaks of Ouroboros, a serpent-like creature that survived and regenerated itself by eating only its own tail.2004, Adrian Bejan et al., Porous and Complex Flow Structures in Modern Technologies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 121. From the entry ouroboros
- Some caudates show caudal autotomy, in that part or all of the tail can be shed and subsequently regenerated.1992, Martin E. Feder, Warren W. Burggren, Environmental Physiology of the Amphibians, page 291. From the entry caudate
- Operculum hollowed to form an incubatory pouch, the calcareous lid of which is rejected after use and regenerated.1967, Nellie Barbara Eales, Littoral Fauna of the British Isles, page 96. From the entry worm red
- The little bud of regenerated tissue which would normally have grown into a new tail had been removed.1928, Aldous Huxley, Point Counter Point, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC. From the entry regenerated
Meaning of regenerate
- verb To construct or create anew, especially in an improved manner.
- verb To revitalize.
- verb To replace lost or damaged tissue.
Questions about the past tense of regenerate
- What is the past tense of regenerate?
- The past tense of regenerate is regenerated.
- What is the past participle of regenerate?
- The past participle of regenerate is regenerated.
- Is regenerate a regular or irregular verb?
- Regenerate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: regenerate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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