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