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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1562-1597
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(Regenerate,) Regenerat, ppl. adj. (n.). [e.m.E. and late ME (1471) = reborn, spiritually reborn, also as noun = a regenerate person (a1569).] — 1597 James VI Dæmonol. (S.T.S.) 18/1.
Moyses … then became a changed and regenerat man, and very little of olde Moyses remained in him — 1562-3 Winȝet I 76/16.
Ȝea, in the regenerat be Godis spirit
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