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'