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Meaning of 'incarnate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Incarnate [ a.]
- Not in the flesh; spiritual.
- Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body.
- Flesh-colored; rosy; red.
2 . Incarnate [ v. i.]
- To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound.
3 . Incarnate [ v. t.]
- To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature.

Meaning of 'incarnate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . incarnate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- represent in bodily form
Example in sentence:
  • He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system;
  • The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist
2 . incarnate [ s]
Meaning (2):
- invested with a bodily form especially of a human body
Example in sentence:
  • a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate
Meaning (3):
- possessing or existing in bodily form
Example in sentence:
  • an incarnate spirit;
  • what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind;
  • `corporate' is an archaic term

Nearby Words:

inc inca incage incaged incagement incaging incalculability incalculable incalescence incalescency

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