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Meaning of incarnate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

incarnate

Pronunciation:/ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/

adjective

Definitions

  1. Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.

  2. Flesh-colored, crimson.

incarnate

Pronunciation:/ɪnˈkɑːneɪt/

verb

Definitions

  1. To embody in flesh, invest with a bodily, especially a human, form.

  2. To incarn; to become covered with flesh, to heal over.

    Example: 1760: My uncle Toby’s wound was near well, and as soon as the surgeon recovered his surprize, and could get leave to say as much—he told him, 'twas just beginning to incarnate — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 83)

  3. To make carnal; to reduce the spiritual nature of.

  4. To put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea.