regenerate
verb (used with object)
to effect a complete moral reform in.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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“The Olympics is regenerating the area we have been regenerating anyway,” he added.
From Time ● Sep. 7, 2012