palingenesis noun. [palɪn'dʒɛnɪsɪs] E19.
[from Greek palin again + genesis birth.]
1. = PALINGENESY. E19.

2. Biology.
a. Development of organisms in accordance with the ancestral type; spec. the exact reproduction of ancestral characteristics in ontogenesis. Cf. RECAPITULATION noun 1b. L19.
b. Metamorphosis. Now rare or obsolete. L19.

3. Geology. The formation of a new magma by the remelting of existing rocks. E20.

■ palinge'netic adjective of, belonging to, or resembling palingenesis M19.

■ palinge'netically adverb L19.

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