SINCE 1828
reincarnate
verb
re·in·car·nate
| \ ˌrē-ən-ˈkär-ˌnāt
, (ˌ)rē-ˈin-ˌkär-\
, (ˌ)rē-ˈin-ˌkär-\
reincarnated;
reincarnating;
reincarnates
Definition of reincarnate
: to incarnate again
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Azor Ahai is an ancient legendary hero in the religion of R'hllor—or the Lord of the Light—who is prophesied to be reincarnated. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "Is Arya Stark Actually Azor Ahai, the Prince That Was Promised, on Game of Thrones?," 29 Apr. 2019 Snaking through the heart of Montreal is St. Laurent Boulevard, a long and storied street peppered with Jewish delis, Portuguese chicken rotisserie joints and former brothels reincarnated as luxury condominiums. — Dan Bilefsky, New York Times, "In Montreal, a Berlin Wall of the Mind?," 5 Mar. 2018 Now disappeared Facebook pages for Everyday-Dude.com and its reincarnated site Elity TV. — Alastair Gale, WSJ, "Tech’s New Problem: North Korea," 14 Sep. 2018 American Jesus, another comic book adaptation, follows a 12-year-old boy who realizes he’s been reincarnated as Jesus Christ. — Bijan Stephen, The Verge, "Netflix announces its first Mark Millar titles," 17 July 2018 Bogle found a medieval Buddhist land ruled by a Druk Desi (a prime minister) and by a hereditary lama known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche—who could be reincarnated as three separate entities. — Lawrence Osborne, Town & Country, "Why Everyone Is Traveling to Bhutan," 30 Mar. 2015 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 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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