Lewis & Short

rĕ-gĕnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. III. Trop., to regenerate, Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 3.