单词 | reincarnate |
释义 | reincarnateadj. Reincarnated; that has been reborn in another body. Chiefly as a postmodifier. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > substantiality or concreteness > [adjective] > concrete > embodied > anew or again reincorporate1579 reincarnate1821 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [adjective] > reincarnated reincarnate1821 reincarnated1863 1821 H. C. Knight Poems (ed. 2) I. 13 Who, to prove life from death should rise, Rose re-incarnate to the skies. 1882 F. W. H. Myers Renewal of Youth 213 Re-incarnate, unremembering, tread In the old same footsteps of himself long dead. 1928 Times 29 Mar. 21/1 They were indeed like two Brontë sisters reincarnate. 1963 F. L. K. Hsu Clan, Caste, & Club x. 254 Most important of all is the fact that, from the point of view of the people, some Hindu rulers were God reincarnate and were worshiped as such. 2000 L. Bradley Bass Culture (2001) iv. 66 Further evidence that this emperor of Ethiopia was indeed Christ reincarnate came in the form of the title he assumed when he took the throne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reincarnatev. 1. transitive. To incarnate again; to cause (a person) to be reborn in another body or form (usually in passive). Frequently in extended use: to bring back in another form. Cf. reincarnation n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > [verb (intransitive)] > become incarnate again reincarnate1858 the world > life > the body > [verb (transitive)] > again reincarnate1858 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > reincarnate [verb (transitive)] re-embody1690 reincarnate1858 1858 E. H. Sears Athanasia iii. iii. 272 The Pharisee believed that..only a part of them [sc. the dead] would be re-incarnated, enter again into their former bodies. 1880 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 199 A body which could appear and disappear..by being, as it were, re-incarnated at one time, and dis-incarnated at another. 1932 Times 15 June 14/7 If Samuel Johnson were reincarnated as an American Democrat he would have something to say of this. 1960 ‘S. Harvester’ Chinese Hammer xii. 118 The risk of being reincarnated as a female kyang, the wild asses who roamed the tangs and high plateaux. 1971 F. J. Cook Nightmare Decade xix. 427 An effort to reincarnate McCarthyism and to fan prejudices against the liberal Administration of John F. Kennedy. 1992 H. N. Schwarzkopf It doesn't take Hero viii. 108 When I am reincarnated, I want to come back as an American advisor... When we win a battle, the advisor gets a medal. 2. intransitive. To be reborn in another body or form. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > reincarnate [verb (intransitive)] reincarnate1892 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 3/1 A man dies; his ‘Ego’ passes to the ‘spiritual planes’ of nature: after a long interval..it re-incarnates. 1972 S. Brand in Rolling Stone 7 Dec. 50/3 A spaceship that is killed early in a battle will reincarnate after 16 seconds. 2006 D. Winner Those Feet 41 Does he reincarnate in the manner of the Dalai Lama? Derivatives reincarˈnated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > [adjective] > occurring again reincarnated1863 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [adjective] > reincarnated reincarnate1821 reincarnated1863 1863 W. Howitt Hist. Supernatural I. xii. 317 The priests receive spiritual intimation, and fetch the reincarnated Lama often from very distant and obscure places. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. x. 230 The idea I found regarding reincarnated diseases, existent among the Okÿon tribes. 1944 Musical Times Dec. 372/1 I got a strong impression, rather as of a reincarnated Frescobaldi, or some such ancient organ-pulsator. 1998 L. Forbes Bombay Ice (1999) 298 The Oberoi on Nariman Point was India reincarnated at a Dallas mall. reincarˈnating adj. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > soul > transmigration > reincarnation > [adjective] reincarnating1883 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 199 Buddhism..with..its crowds of constantly reincarnating living Buddhas. 1948 R. Ellmann Yeats xvii. 270 The continuing cycle of reincarnating human life. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Mar. 24/2 The Heart Sons were all reincarnating lamas or tulkus, each with a long history in successive incarnations over several centuries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1821v.1858 |
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