reincarnate
verb
(ˌ)rē-ˈin-ˌkär-\
Definition of reincarnate
: to incarnate again
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That was 106 years ago, and since then it has been reincarnated many times — renamed, repurposed, rehabilitated. — Michael Paulson, New York Times, "Broadway’s Smallest Theater Is Reopening, This Time as a Nonprofit," 5 Feb. 2018 Another, Fifi Abdou, an Egyptian national treasure viewed with both affection and mockery for her boisterous personality, has been reincarnated in retirement thanks to social media. — Declan Walsh, New York Times, "Foreign Belly Dancers? Egyptians Shake Their Heads (and Hips)," 8 July 2018 Last month, the long-dead animals surfaced — reincarnated as exhibits at Israel’s new natural history museum, which is set to open in July. — Washington Post, "AP PHOTOS: Long-dead critters animate Israel’s nature museum," 11 June 2018 In recent years Meggyesy — who later returned to football to work for the players’ union — has had some cause to feel somewhat vindicated, as his 1968 story has been reincarnated, in a way, for another generation of players. — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, "The NFL Told Teams to Stand During the National Anthem in the 1960s. Here's How One Player Protested," 23 May 2018 Last month, the long-dead animals surfaced — reincarnated as exhibits at Israel's new natural history museum, which is set to open in July. — Oded Balilty, Fox News, "AP PHOTOS: Long-dead critters animate Israel's nature museum," 11 June 2018 Denzel Washington was Malcolm Little reincarnated in Spike Lee’s Malcolm X and lost the Academy Award for best actor to Al Pacino’s portrayal of a blind Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. — Michael Harriot, The Root, "Atlanta, Donald Glover and the Invisibility of Black Genius," 10 Apr. 2018 Empty storefronts scattered here and there across Anchorage are about to be reincarnated as part of Alaska's newest industry: marijuana. — Annie Zak, Anchorage Daily News, "Here are the 20 Anchorage marijuana shops closest to opening," 5 Nov. 2016 The 2010 Uncanny X-Force comic series by Rick Remender featured a team that included Deadpool, though not Cable, tasked with killing Apocalypse who had been reincarnated as a child. — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Deadpool 2' Signals a Strange Future for the X-Men Universe," 23 Mar. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'reincarnate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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