reincarnate

verb

re·​in·​car·​nate ˌrē-ən-ˈkär-ˌnāt How to pronounce reincarnate (audio)
(ˌ)rē-ˈin-ˌkär-
reincarnated; reincarnating; reincarnates

transitive verb

: to incarnate again

Examples of reincarnate in a Sentence

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Or a singer-songwriter whose début single, after thirty-five years, reincarnated into an unlikely country hit. Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024 Are any of the other characters reincarnated versions of other people who have been here before? Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024 According to helmer Ridley Scott, Crowe wanted to reincarnate his character of Maximus, the brave Colosseum fighter who expires at the end of the original epic. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2024 This is the woman who starred as suicidal Virginia Woolf in The Hours, a woman abused by an entire town in Dogville, and a woman whose dead husband is maybe reincarnated as a 10-year-old boy in Birth over the course of just three years. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for reincarnate 

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of reincarnate was in 1858

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“Reincarnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reincarnate. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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reincarnate

verb
re·​in·​car·​nate ˌrē-ən-ˈkär-ˌnāt How to pronounce reincarnate (audio)
reincarnated; reincarnating
: to give a new or different body or form to

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