S: (v) regenerate (replace (tissue or a body part) through the formation of new tissue) "The snake regenerated its tail"
S: (v) regenerate, renew (reestablish on a new, usually improved, basis or make new or like new) "We renewed our friendship after a hiatus of twenty years"; "They renewed their membership"
S: (v) replace (substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)) "He replaced the old razor blade"; "We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago"; "the insurance will replace the lost income"; "This antique vase can never be replaced"
S: (v) change, exchange, commute, convert (exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category) "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"
S: (v) rectify (convert into direct current) "rectify alternating current"
S: (v) utilize (convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust))
S: (v) vent, ventilate, air out, air (expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen) "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"
S: (v) reincarnate, renew (cause to appear in a new form) "the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market"
S: (v) revive, resurrect (restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state) "He revived this style of opera"; "He resurrected the tango in this remote part of Argentina"
S: (v) overhaul, modernize, modernise (make repairs, renovations, revisions or adjustments to) "You should overhaul your car engine"; "overhaul the health care system"
S: (v) retrofit (substitute new or modernized parts or equipment for older ones) "The laboratory retrofitted to meet the safety codes"
S: (v) restore, reconstruct (return to its original or usable and functioning condition) "restore the forest to its original pristine condition"
S: (v) rehabilitate (help to readapt, as to a former state of health or good repute) "The prisoner was successfully rehabilitated"; "After a year in the mental clinic, the patient is now rehabilitated"
S: (v) defibrillate (stop the fibrillation and restore normal contractions, usually by means of electric shocks) "The patient's heart had to be defibrillated to save his life"
S: (v) forge, fake, counterfeit (make a copy of with the intent to deceive) "he faked the signature"; "they counterfeited dollar bills"; "She forged a Green Card"
S: (v) represent, interpret (create an image or likeness of) "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
S: (v) profile (represent in profile, by drawing or painting)
S: (v) paint (make a painting of) "He painted his mistress many times"
S: (v) repaint (paint again) "He repainted the same scenery many times during his life"
S: (v) capture (succeed in representing or expressing something intangible) "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea"
S: (v) recapture (take up anew) "The author recaptures an old idea here"
S: (v) picture, depict, render, show (show in, or as in, a picture) "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
S: (v) portray, depict, limn (make a portrait of) "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
S: (v) portray, present (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture) "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"
S: (v) commend (present as worthy of regard, kindness, or confidence) "His paintings commend him to the artistic world"
S: (v) draw (represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface) "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
S: (v) pencil (write, draw, or trace with a pencil) "he penciled a figure"
S: (v) perform (give a performance (of something)) "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"
S: (v) barnstorm (tour the country making political speeches, giving lectures, or presenting plays) "The presidential candidates are busy barnstorming this month"
S: (v) barnstorm (appear at county fairs and carnivals as a stunt flier and parachute jumper)
S: (v) interlude (perform an interlude) "The guitar player interluded with a beautiful improvisation"
S: (v) grandstand (perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause) "She never misses a chance to grandstand"
S: (v) solo (perform a piece written for a single instrument)
S: (v) play out (perform or be performed to the end) "How will the election drama be played out?"
S: (v) underperform (perform too rarely) "Her plays are underperformed, although they are very good"
S: (v) sightread, sight-read (perform music from a score without having seen the score before) "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread"
S: (v) sightsing, sight-sing (sing from a score without having seen it before) "This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces"
S: (v) play (perform on a certain location) "The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16"; "She has been playing on Broadway for years"
S: (v) debut (make one's debut) "This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera"
S: (v) audition, try out (perform in order to get a role) "She auditioned for a role on Broadway"
S: (v) read (audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role) "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
S: (v) act, play, roleplay, playact (perform on a stage or theater) "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"
S: (v) stooge (act as the stooge) "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"
S: (v) mime, pantomime (act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only) "The acting students mimed eating an apple"
S: (v) play along, accompany, follow (perform an accompaniment to) "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
S: (v) bow (play on a stringed instrument with a bow)
S: (v) busk (play music in a public place and solicit money for it) "three young men were busking in the plaza"
S: (v) conduct (lead musicians in the performance of) "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces"
S: (v) act, play, represent (play a role or part) "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
S: (v) make, pretend, make believe (represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like) "She makes like an actress"
S: (v) go through the motions (pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it) "She isn't really working--she's just going through the motions"
S: (v) support (play a subordinate role to (another performer)) "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"
S: (v) enact, reenact, act out (act out; represent or perform as if in a play) "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day"
S: (v) act out (represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage) "She could act neurotic anxiety"
S: (v) impersonate, portray (assume or act the character of) "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"