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beagle (iou) and regenerate(1) (iou)


beagle (iou)



beagle noun & verb. L15.
[Perh. from Old French beegueule having the mouth open, from beer open wide (cf. BAY noun4) + gueule throat (see GULES).]
A. noun.
(An animal of) a breed of usu. small hound, used for hare-hunting when the field follows on foot. L15.
legal beagle: see LEGAL adjective.
fig. A spy, an informer; a constable. M16.
b. verb intrans. Hunt with beagles. Freq. as beagling verbal noun. E19.
beagler noun M19.

regenerate(1) (iou)



regenerate ppl adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin regeneratus pa. pple, formed as REGENERATE verb: see -ATE2.]
A. ppl adjective.
Brought again into existence; reborn. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Spiritually reborn. M16.
H. E. Manning Born again, we are regenerate, we are sons of God.
Restored to a better state or condition; reformed. M17.
Biology. Of tissue: formed or modified by regeneration. M20.
b. noun.
A regenerate person. M16-M17.
Biology. A limb or Other part formed by regeneration. M20.
regeneracy noun the state of being regenerate E17.