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in⋅car⋅nate

  [adj. in-kahr-nit, -neyt; v. in-kahr-neyt] adjective, verb, -nat⋅ed, -nat⋅ing.
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–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; late ME < LL incarnātus ptp. of incarnāre to make into flesh, equiv. to in- in- 2 + carn- flesh (see carnal ) + -ātus -ate 1
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in·car·nate   (ĭn-kär'nĭt)   
adj.  
    1. Invested with bodily nature and form: an incarnate spirit.
    2. Embodied in human form; personified: a villain who is evil incarnate.
  2. Incarnadine.
tr.v.   (-nāt') in·car·nat·ed, in·car·nat·ing, in·car·nates
    1. To give bodily, especially human, form to.
    2. To personify.
  2. To realize in action or fact; actualize: a community that incarnates its founders' ideals.

[Middle English, from Late Latin incarnātus, past participle of incarnāre, to make flesh : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker-1 in Indo-European roots.]
in·car'na'tor n.
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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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