reincarnate

[ verb ree-in-kahr-neyt; adjective ree-in-kahr-nit, -neyt ]

verb (used with object),re·in·car·nat·ed, re·in·car·nat·ing.

to give another body to; incarnate again.

adjective

incarnate anew.

Origin of reincarnate

First recorded in 1855–60; re- + incarnate

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How to use reincarnate in a sentence

The "reincarnates" are persons in whom the souls of former saints are supposed to have become reincarnated.
The Strand Magazine | Various
The officiant is one with the ancestor from whom he is descended and whom he reincarnates.
The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life | Emile Durkheim
He is the type of artist who sees Beauty in her naked blaze and straightway reincarnates her because he cannot help it.
Why we should read | S. P. B. Mais
After a certain time he reincarnates himself into a new body.
Montezuma's Castle and Other Weird Tales | Charles B. Cory

British Dictionary definitions for reincarnate

reincarnate

verb(riːˈɪnkɑːneɪt) (tr; often passive)

to cause to undergo reincarnation; be born again

adjective(ˌriːɪnˈkɑːnɪt)

born again in a new body

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