reincarnate
Americanverb (used with object)
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reincarnates,
present (3rd person singular)
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reincarnated,
past participle, past
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reincarnating
present participle
adjective
verb
adjective
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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reincarnatesimple
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reincarnatessimple
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have reincarnatedperfect
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has reincarnatedperfect
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am reincarnatingprogressive
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are reincarnatingprogressive
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is reincarnatingprogressive
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have been reincarnatingperfect progressive
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has been reincarnatingperfect progressive
Past
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reincarnatedsimple
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had reincarnatedperfect
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was reincarnatingprogressive
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were reincarnatingprogressive
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had been reincarnatingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of reincarnate
Example Sentences
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So John Gradus is a journeyer in his own right, learning where he went wrong in life to reach the Lethe and reincarnate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
"We learned a lot of lessons, we had a lot of dialogue - we need to reincarnate that, these groups need to get going again."
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2022
Several members of the Lancet task force say they hope the group can reincarnate itself under another organization and continue its work.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 17, 2021
“Among the Igbo people, someone who dies is meant to be buried among his ancestors so that he will reincarnate with his family instead of with strangers,” Iloanya said.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2021
“Juniper, like I tried to tell you . . . even if Grover died, he would reincarnate into something else in nature. I can’t sense things like that, only mortal souls.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
Never count out Oscar winner Angelina Jolie, who reincarnates Maria Callas in ‘Maria,’ or Nicole Kidman, who pulls out the stops in Venice best-actress winner ‘Babygirl.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
It’s like an animated and philosophical version of “A Dog’s Purpose,” except the dog never reincarnates into new bodies, just changes names and owners over the course of one life span.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2020
This being the 21st century, the current cycle of gods reincarnates as pop stars modelled on Prince, Kanye West, Florence Welch and others.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2016
So when we say ‘reincarnation,’ it may be our singular soul that reincarnates again and again and again.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2010
And in the same sense Aristotle denies the doctrine of Pythagoras and Plato that the soul reincarnates itself in new bodies, particularly in the bodies of animals.
From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by W. T. (Walter Terence) Stace
Plus, Apple’s foldable iPhone, how a man reincarnated his father with AI, Meta’s new Muse and more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The 2CV, an iconic Citroen model popular for much of the Twentieth Century, will be coming back after production ceased in 1990, reincarnated as an electric vehicle, Citroen announced Thursday.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Throughout the book, elements from a talking fish to a possibly reincarnated dog exist alongside the bleak reality of a country so downtrodden and occupied that even its cartography isn’t in its own language.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
According to Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the Dalai Lama is reincarnated after death - a process deeply rooted in spiritual customs, not political authority.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
“You did a great job, G-man. We will come back from this. We’ll plant new trees. We'll clean up the parks. Your friends will be reincarnated into a better world.”
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
I did not enter Aim Lab and KovaaK’s with the goal of reincarnating into an ace on the competitive ladder, but it would be nice to not suck.
From The Verge ● Jun. 29, 2022
We don't know much about him.He was hospitalized, institutionalized, and then he's been running amok for 43 years ever since, kind of reincarnating with every return of the franchise.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2021
To do this, they have developed the technology to transplant a person’s soul onto a sort of USB stick, so it won’t keep reincarnating.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2021
Tom: I don’t mind a team that is rebuilding, but I don’t want one that is reincarnating.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2020
Instead, they have a bundle of energy, and that bundle of energy is transitory, migrating from one body to another, reincarnating endlessly until it eventually reaches enlightenment.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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