Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To cause to be reborn in another body; incarnate again.
  • intransitive verb To cause to appear in a new form; refurbish or revitalize.
  • intransitive verb To be reborn in another body.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To incarnate anew.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb to be reborn especially in a different body or as a different species

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb cause to appear in a new form
  • adjective having a new body
  • verb be born anew in another body after death

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Examples

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  • The gods will make someone forget, "reincarnate" them in their own bodies and convince them they are brand new clones all in one night's sleep.

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  • Salem witches don't really "reincarnate" to the 21st-Century as cats, dogs and parrots.

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  • There are many tactics they employ to disceive the disfavored:::: 1. The gods will make someone forget, "reincarnate" them in their own bodies and convince them they are brand new clones all in one night's sleep.

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  • There are many tactics they employ to deceive the disfavored:::: 1. The gods will make someone forget, "reincarnate" them in their own bodies and convince them they are brand new clones all in one night's sleep.

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  • There are many tactics they employ to deceive the disfavored:::: 1. The gods will make someone forget, "reincarnate" them in their own bodies and convince them they are brand new clones all in one night's sleep.

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  • There are many tactics they employ to deceive the disfavored:::: 1. The gods will make someone forget, "reincarnate" them in their own bodies and convince them they are brand new clones all in one night's sleep.

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  • There are many tactics they employ to deceive the disfavored:::: 1. The gods will make someone forget, "reincarnate" them in their own bodies and convince them they are brand new clones all in one night's sleep.

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