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incarnate definition

in·car·nate (in kärnit, -nāt′; for v., -nāt′)

adjective

  1. endowed with a body, esp. a human body; in bodily form
  2. being a living example of; personified evil incarnate
    1. flesh-colored; pink
    2. red; rosy

Etymology: ME < LL(Ec) incarnatus, pp. of incarnari, to be made flesh < L in-, in + caro (gen. carnis), flesh: see carnal

transitive verb incarnated -·nat′ed, incarnating -·nat′·ing

  1. to provide with flesh or a body; embody
  2. to give actual form to; make real
  3. to be the type or embodiment of to incarnate the frontier spirit

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