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incarnate

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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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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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