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incarnate

Syllabification: (in·car·nate)
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Definition of incarnate

adjective

Pronunciation: /inˈkärnit, -ˌnāt/

[often postpositive]
  • (especially of a deity or spirit) embodied in flesh; in human form:God incarnate he chose to be incarnate as a man
  • [postpositive] represented in the ultimate or most extreme form:here is capitalism incarnate

verb

Pronunciation: /-ˌnāt/

[with object]
  • embody or represent (a deity or spirit) in human form:the idea that God incarnates himself in man
  • put (an idea or other abstract concept) into concrete form:a desire to make things which will incarnate their personality
  • (of a person) be the living embodiment of (a quality):the man who incarnates the suffering which has affected every single Mozambican

Origin:

late Middle English: from ecclesiastical Latin incarnat- 'made flesh', from the verb incarnare, from in- 'into' + caro, carn- 'flesh'

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