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INCARNATE
incarnate
(adjective) invested with a bodily form especially of a human body; âa monarch...regarded as a god incarnateâ
bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied, incarnate
(adjective) possessing or existing in bodily form; âwhat seemed corporal melted as breath into the windâ- Shakespeare; âan incarnate spiritâ; ââcorporateâ is an archaic termâ
incarnate
(verb) make concrete and real
incarnate, body forth, embody, substantiate
(verb) represent in bodily form; âHe embodies all that is evil wrong with the systemâ; âThe painting substantiates the feelings of the artistâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
incarnate (not comparable)
(postpositive) Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
(obsolete) Flesh-colored, crimson.
Etymology 2
Verb
incarnate (third-person singular simple present incarnates, present participle incarnating, simple past and past participle incarnated)
(transitive) To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.
(obsolete, intransitive) To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.
(transitive, figurative) To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.
Etymology 3
Adjective
incarnate (not comparable)
Not in the flesh; spiritual.
Anagrams
• Nectarian, in a canter, nectarian
Source: Wiktionary
In*car"nate, a. Etym: [Pref. in- not + carnate.]
Definition: Not in the flesh; spiritual. [Obs.] I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. Richardson.
In*car"nate, a. Etym: [L. incarnatus, p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1. Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body. Here shalt thou sit incarnate. Milton. He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. Jortin.
2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [Obs.] Holland.
In*car"nate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incarnated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incarnating.]
Definition: To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature. This essence to incarnate and imbrute, That to the height of deity aspired. Milton.
In*car"nate, v. i.
Definition: To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [R.] My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to incarnate. Sterne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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