encarnalize

 [en-kahr-nl-ahyz]  

en·car·nal·ize

   [en-kahr-nl-ahyz]
verb (used with object), en·car·nal·ized, en·car·nal·iz·ing.
to invest with a worldly or sensual nature or form; make carnal: the soul encarnalized by the gross body.
Also, incarnalize.
Also, especially British, en·car·nal·ise.

Origin:
1840–50; en-1 + carnal + -ize
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encarnalize or encarnalise (ɪnˈkɑːnəˌlaɪz)
 
—vb
1.  to provide with a bodily form; incarnate
2.  to make carnal, gross, or sensual
 
encarnalise or encarnalise
 
—vb

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