incarnate
embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form: a devil incarnate.
personified or typified, as a quality or idea: chivalry incarnate.
flesh-colored or crimson.
to put into or represent in a concrete form, as an idea: The building incarnates the architect's latest theories.
to be the embodiment or type of: Her latest book incarnates the literature of our day.
to embody in flesh; invest with a bodily, especially a human, form: a man who incarnated wisdom and compassion.
Origin of incarnate
1Other words from incarnate
- non·in·car·nate, adjective
- non·in·car·nat·ed, adjective
- un·in·car·nate, adjective
- un·in·car·nat·ed, adjective
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How to use incarnate in a sentence
In such a test the Christian myth, for example, would be valued for its power of incarnating human desire.
A Preface to Politics | Walter LippmannBut his soul goes marching on and his mistakes are still re-incarnating here on earth.
Happiness and Marriage | Elizabeth (Jones) TowneThey taught that this "Awen" had animated the lower forms of life, mineral, vegetable and animal, before incarnating as man.
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma | William Walker AtkinsonWith her idealism, she was always incarnating in some individual the perfections that she was constantly imagining.
George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings | Rene DoumicHe confesses that he is unable to compose without incarnating himself in his creations so thoroughly as to lose his own identity.
Sylvie: souvenirs du Valois | Grard de Nerval
British Dictionary definitions for incarnate
possessing bodily form, esp the human form: a devil incarnate
personified or typified: stupidity incarnate
(esp of plant parts) flesh-coloured or pink
to give a bodily or concrete form to
to be representative or typical of
Origin of incarnate
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