reincarnate

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verb

To be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.

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corporealmaterialtransmigraterenew
OriginEnglish incarnate ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

verbreincarnate (third-person singular simple present reincarnates, present participle reincarnating, simple past and past participle reincarnated)

present singular third person reincarnates · participle present reincarnating · participle past reincarnated · past reincarnated

  1. ambitransitiveTo be, or cause to be, reborn, especially in a different body or as a different species.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving a new body

Similar
corporealmaterial

verbbe born anew in another body after death

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transmigrate
Broader
be born

verbcause to appear in a new form

Similar
renew
Broader
regeneraterestorerejuvenate
Also see
corporealmaterialrenewtransmigrate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*né
  7. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  8. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  9. Latinin-
  10. Middle Englishin-
  11. Englishin-
  12. Englishcarnate
  13. Englishincarnate
  14. Englishreincarnate

From re- + incarnate.

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 投胎
  • 投胎 (tau⁴ toi¹)be reborn
Chinese Mandarin 投胎
  • 投胎 (tóutāi)be reborn
Dutch reïncarneren
  • reïncarnerenbe reborn
Finnish syntyä uudelleen
  • syntyä uudelleenbe reborn
French réincarner
  • réincarnerbe reborn
German reinkarnieren
  • reinkarnierenbe reborn
Polish wskrzeszać, wskrzesić
  • wskrzeszaćbe reborn
  • wskrzesićbe reborn
Romanian reincarna
  • reincarnabe reborn
Spanish reencarnar[se]
  • reencarnar[se]be reborn
Vietnamese đầu thai
  • đầu thaibe reborn

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with reincarnate

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Cite this entry
APA

reincarnate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reincarnate

MLA

“reincarnate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reincarnate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reincarnate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reincarnate.

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