incarnate

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
Imperative
incarnate
incarnate
Present
I incarnate
you incarnate
he/she/it incarnates
we incarnate
you incarnate
they incarnate
Preterite
I incarnated
you incarnated
he/she/it incarnated
we incarnated
you incarnated
they incarnated
Present Continuous
I am incarnating
you are incarnating
he/she/it is incarnating
we are incarnating
you are incarnating
they are incarnating
Present Perfect
I have incarnated
you have incarnated
he/she/it has incarnated
we have incarnated
you have incarnated
they have incarnated
Past Continuous
I was incarnating
you were incarnating
he/she/it was incarnating
we were incarnating
you were incarnating
they were incarnating
Past Perfect
I had incarnated
you had incarnated
he/she/it had incarnated
we had incarnated
you had incarnated
they had incarnated
Future
I will incarnate
you will incarnate
he/she/it will incarnate
we will incarnate
you will incarnate
they will incarnate
Future Perfect
I will have incarnated
you will have incarnated
he/she/it will have incarnated
we will have incarnated
you will have incarnated
they will have incarnated
Future Continuous
I will be incarnating
you will be incarnating
he/she/it will be incarnating
we will be incarnating
you will be incarnating
they will be incarnating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been incarnating
you have been incarnating
he/she/it has been incarnating
we have been incarnating
you have been incarnating
they have been incarnating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been incarnating
you will have been incarnating
he/she/it will have been incarnating
we will have been incarnating
you will have been incarnating
they will have been incarnating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been incarnating
you had been incarnating
he/she/it had been incarnating
we had been incarnating
you had been incarnating
they had been incarnating
Conditional
I would incarnate
you would incarnate
he/she/it would incarnate
we would incarnate
you would incarnate
they would incarnate
Past Conditional
I would have incarnated
you would have incarnated
he/she/it would have incarnated
we would have incarnated
you would have incarnated
they would have incarnated

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb1.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"

corporeal, material - having material or physical form or substance; "that which is created is of necessity corporeal and visible and tangible" - Benjamin Jowett

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

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

verb

To 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

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incarnate

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incarnate

[adj ɪnˈkɑːnɪt; vb ɪnˈkɑːneɪt]

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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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