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Posted on:2021-10-28 11:53:00 Revenant
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Subash DhungelPosted on:2021-10-28 11:53:00 Revenant
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What is a revenant? For much of 2016, revenant was among our top lookups, doubtless because it was prominently featured in the title of a movie (The Revenant) released in 2015. Outside of contemporary cinema, revenant is encountered rarely, and it appears likely that many users who were unfamiliar with the word wished to learn more about its meaning and perhaps where it came from. Denoting “one that returns after death or a long absence,” revenant is a borrowing from French that was originally formed from the present participle of the verb revenir ("to return"). It literally means “one coming back,” either from another place or from the dead. Examples of revenant in a Sentence Recent Examples on the Web Shirking death, Mara returns as an undead revenant, a Strigoi. — Jamie Lang, Variety, 17 Sep. 2021 Candyman’s curse, eventually taking on the revenant’s lingering wound and characteristic aura of swarming bees, harbingers of vengeance. — Armond White, National Review, 1 Sep. 2021 |
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