Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕ-gĕnĕro, āvi, ātum, 1
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop., to regenerate, Vulg. 1 Pet. 1, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary