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incarnate

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Definition of incarnate

adjective

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkɑːnət/

[often postpositive]
  • (especially of a deity or spirit) embodied in human form:God incarnate
  • [postpositive] represented in the most fundamental or extreme form:here is capitalism incarnate

verb

Pronunciation: /ˈɪnkɑːneɪt, -ˈkɑːneɪt/

[with object]
  • embody or represent (a deity or spirit) in human form:the idea that God incarnates himself in man
  • put (a concept or quality) 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 pain of the entire community

Origin:

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

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