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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In a future version of Botswana, “body hoppers” reincarnate into the recycled corpses of criminals — bodies that are monitored via microchip by the surveillance state.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2023
"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
“Our people say that we all reincarnate, don’t they?” she said.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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
In the often-thrilling, often-frustrating revival of the 1978 dancical, which reincarnates the spirit and choreography of Bob Fosse, the two possibilities are much the same.
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
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
Later, Johor himself reincarnates as an infant human and grows to full adulthood as one George Sherban, a messiah figure who will help humanity through the coming apocalypse.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2013
You see, when one hasn’t been very good in the life one has just lived, one reincarnates in some lower organism.
From Beasts and Super-Beasts by Saki
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
One of the first questions was what to call the reincarnated institution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 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
Tibetan Buddhists believe that their senior monks are reincarnated and a Dalai Lama is chosen by Buddhist officials if they are convinced that the one they are choosing harbours the soul of his predecessor.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
Angel is upset because she won’t be reunited with her sister for another seven years, when Skylar will be reincarnated as the son of some family in Australia.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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
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
No one knew for sure when a soul that was reincarnating would enter the foetus.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2016
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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