pre-incarˈnation [pre- A. 2.] A previous incarnation or embodiment. 1903Myers Hum. Personality II. 136 One pre-incarnation as an Indian Princess.1904Westm.Gaz. 2 May 3/2 Can this wide-poet be a reincarnation of Swinburne? Alas! it is but Sir Thomas Overbury.