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in⋅car⋅nate
[adj. in-kahr-nit, -neyt; v. in-kahr-neyt]
adjective, verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.–adjective
| 1. | embodied in flesh; given a bodily, esp. a human, form: a devil incarnate. |
| 2. | personified or typified, as a quality or idea: chivalry incarnate. |
| 3. | flesh-colored or crimson. |
–verb (used with object)
| 4. | to put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea: The building incarnates the architect's latest theories. |
| 5. | to be the embodiment or type of: Her latest book incarnates the literature of our day. |
| 6. | to embody in flesh; invest with a bodily, esp. a human, form: a man who incarnated wisdom and compassion. |
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Incarnate
In*car"nate\, a. [Pref. in- not + carnate.] Not in the flesh; spiritual. [Obs.] I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. --Richardson.Incarnate
In*car"nate\, a. [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.Incarnate
In*car"nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incarnated; p. pr. & vb. n. Incarnating.] 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.Incarnate
In*car"nate\, v. i. To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [R.] My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to incarnate. --Sterne.
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Language Translation for : incarnate
Spanish:
encarnado,
German:
in Menschengestalt,
Japanese:
人の姿をした
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