REINCARNATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reincarnate mean? 

• REINCARNATE (adjective)
  The adjective REINCARNATE has 1 sense:

1. having a new body

  Familiarity information: REINCARNATE used as an adjective is very rare.

• REINCARNATE (verb)
  The verb REINCARNATE has 2 senses:

1. be born anew in another body after death

2. cause to appear in a new form

  Familiarity information: REINCARNATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REINCARNATE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a new body

Similar:

corporeal; material (having material or physical form or substance)

• REINCARNATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reincarnate    ... he / she / it reincarnates   
Past simple: reincarnated   
Past participle: reincarnated   
-ing form: reincarnating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be born anew in another body after death

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

reincarnate; transmigrate

Context example:

Hindus believe that we transmigrate

Hypernyms (to "reincarnate" is one way to...):

be born (come into existence through birth)

Domain category:

faith; religion; religious belief (a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

reincarnation (embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cause to appear in a new form

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

reincarnate; renew

Context example:

the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market

Hypernyms (to "reincarnate" is one way to...):

regenerate; rejuvenate; restore (return to life; get or give new life or energy)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something