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in·car·nate
(ĭn-kär′nĭt)adj.
1.
a. Invested with bodily nature and form: an incarnate spirit.
b. Embodied in human form; personified: a villain who is evil incarnate.
2. Incarnadine.
tr.v. (-nāt′) in·car·nat·ed, in·car·nat·ing, in·car·nates
1.
a. To give bodily, especially human, form to.
b. To personify.
2. To realize in action or fact; actualize: a community that incarnates its founders' ideals.
[Middle English, from Late Latin incarnātus, past participle of incarnāre, to make flesh : Latin in-, causative pref.; see in-2 + Latin carō, carn-, flesh; see sker- in Indo-European roots.]
in·car′na′tor n.
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incarnate
adj (usually immediately postpositive)
1. possessing bodily form, esp the human form: a devil incarnate.
2. personified or typified: stupidity incarnate.
3. (Botany) (esp of plant parts) flesh-coloured or pink
vb (tr)
4. to give a bodily or concrete form to
5. to be representative or typical of
[C14: from Late Latin incarnāre to make flesh, from Latin in-2 + carō flesh]
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in•car•nate
(adj. ɪnˈkɑr nɪt, -neɪt; v. -neɪt)adj., v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. adj.
1. given a bodily, esp. a human, form: a devil incarnate.
2. typified.
3. crimson.
v.t. 4. to put into or represent in a concrete form.
5. to be the embodiment of: a woman who incarnates goodness.
[1350–1400; late Middle English < Late Latin incarnāre to make into flesh = Latin in- in-2 + -carnāre, v. derivative of carō flesh (see carnal)]
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incarnate
Past participle: incarnated
Gerund: incarnating
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Verb | 1. | incarnate - make concrete and real actualise, actualize, realize, substantiate, realise - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to; "our ideas must be substantiated into actions" disincarnate - make immaterial; remove the real essence of |
2. | incarnate - represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" | |
Adj. | 1. | incarnate - possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare; "an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term" |
2. | incarnate - invested with a bodily form especially of a human body; "a monarch...regarded as a god incarnate" bodied - having a body or a body of a specified kind; often used in combination; "strong-bodied"; "big-bodied" |
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incarnate
adjective
1. personified, embodied, typified He referred to her as evil incarnate.
2. made flesh, in the flesh, in human form, in bodily form Why should God become incarnate as a male?
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incarnate
verbTo represent (an abstraction, for example) in or as if in bodily form:
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Translations
مُتَجَسِّد
ztělesněný
inkarneretlevendegjort
megtestesült
holdi klæddur, í mannslíki
įkūnytasįsikūnijęsįsikūnijimas
iemiesots
vtelený
insan şekline girmiş
incarnate
A. [ɪnˈkɑːnɪt] ADJ (Rel) → encarnado
the word incarnate → el verbo encarnado
the devil incarnate → el diablo personificado, el mismo diablo
the word incarnate → el verbo encarnado
the devil incarnate → el diablo personificado, el mismo diablo
B. [ˈɪnkɑːneɪt] VT → encarnar
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incarnate
adj (Rel) → fleischgeworden, Mensch geworden; (= personified) → leibhaftig attr, → in Person; to become incarnate → Fleisch werden, Mensch werden; the word Incarnate → das fleischgewordene Wort; he’s the devil incarnate → er ist der leibhaftige Teufel or der Teufel in Person; she is cynicism incarnate → sie ist der Zynismus in Person
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incarnate
(inˈkaːnət) adjective (of God, the devil etc) having taken human form. a devil incarnate.
incarnation (inkaːˈneiʃən) noun (the) human form taken by a divine being etc. Most Christians believe that Christ was the incarnation of God.
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