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Synonyms for revenant
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : rev-uh-nuh nt |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛv ə nənt |
Définition of revenant
Origin :- 1827, from French revenant (fem. revenante), noun use of present participle of revenir "to return" (see revenue).
- noun ghost
- That is true, Monsieur; he has been often taken for a revenant.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- It is by the strength of the revenant, by the return of his soul into his body?
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- You are now one of us; a revenant, even as I, and to live you must feed on the living.
- Extract from : « Each Man Kills » by Victoria Glad
- Like that shadowy majesty of Denmark, our dramatic author was a "revenant."
- Extract from : « Their Majesties' Servants (Volume 3 of 3) » by John Doran
- But there is no doubt that the majority of us would prefer encountering a human rather than a four-footed "revenant."
- Extract from : « Stranger Than Fiction » by Mary L. Lewes
- No one present, then no revenant or spook, or astral body, or hallucination: what's in a name?
- Extract from : « The Return » by Walter de la Mare
- “It might account for her seeing this revenant cavalier in any passenger,” said Lauzun, not satisfied yet.
- Extract from : « A Reputed Changeling » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Somehow, the idea of a revenant Beta curve didn't make up for the basic loss.
- Extract from : « Pagan Passions » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Now, when she thought of him at all, it was as of some revenant of kindly countenance from a half-forgotten dream.
- Extract from : « Linda Lee, Incorporated » by Louis Joseph Vance
- The Jena was a remarkably fine and fast vessel, and, as the Revenant privateer, had formerly cruised long and very successfully.
- Extract from : « The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth » by Edward Osler
Antonyms for revenant
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