Incarnate Definition
ĭn-kärnĭt
incarnated, incarnates, incarnating
adjective
Endowed with a body, esp. a human body; in bodily form.
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Being a living example of; personified.
Evil incarnate.
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Incarnadine.
American Heritage
Flesh-colored; pink.
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Red; rosy.
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verb
incarnated, incarnates, incarnating
To provide with flesh or a body; embody.
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To give actual form to; make real.
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To personify.
American Heritage
To realize in action or fact; actualize.
A community that incarnates its founders' ideals.
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To be the type or embodiment of.
To incarnate the frontier spirit.
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Origin of Incarnate
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Middle English from Late Latin incarnātus past participle of incarnāre to make flesh Latin in- causative pref. in–2 Latin carō carn- flesh sker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnari (“be made flesh”), from in- + caro (“flesh”).
From Wiktionary
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From the past participle stem of Latin incarnare (“make flesh”), from in- + caro (“flesh”).
From Wiktionary
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in- + carnate
From Wiktionary
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