REINCARNATE

reincarnate

(adjective) having a new body

reincarnate, renew

(verb) cause to appear in a new form; “the old product was reincarnated to appeal to a younger market”

reincarnate, transmigrate

(verb) be born anew in another body after death; “Hindus believe that we transmigrate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

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

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

Source: Wiktionary



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19 November 2024

SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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Coffee Trivia

Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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